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i i was on washington journal a month ago and i was asked this question, and if we go in, or if we militarily either more aggressive support in terms of the military aid or boots on the ground, air toast support, what's hezbollah going to do sunset what's iran going to do? what's russia going to do? this is quite volatile and i don't think we have thought out all of the potential possibilities of getting involved in another quagmire in the middle east. and as i said, i have lots of friends there if there was an easy answer to this, if military intervention -- if there was any chance where there was limited damage, collateral damage to our buys -- i use at brook army medical center i used to volunteer in the burn center, the boys coming back from afghan afghanistan and iraq and hit by ied asks other explosions and we have to think of these things before we blindly go in or semi blindly go in, and when i got back home, i received a bunch of e-mails from some generals, colonels, military people, and they were so thankful. they said thank you for bringing that up. thinking of the other side of th
i i was on washington journal a month ago and i was asked this question, and if we go in, or if we militarily either more aggressive support in terms of the military aid or boots on the ground, air toast support, what's hezbollah going to do sunset what's iran going to do? what's russia going to do? this is quite volatile and i don't think we have thought out all of the potential possibilities of getting involved in another quagmire in the middle east. and as i said, i have lots of friends...
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introduced by susan eisenhower the granddaughter of the dwight eisenhower at the eisenhower institute in washington d.c.. this is about 50 minutes. .. >> the answer was there is no plan. i blew up, not for the first or last time, and said, how can it be the head of the soviet union dies, and we have no contingency plan. it was criminal, said the president. the truth was the united states and the other western nations had very little idea of what was happening behind the iron curtain. two years later at the first summit meeting of the cold war era at geneva in 1955, the united states still did not know who was running the soviet union. they sent four leaders, one tall white man in a white suit with a white goatee who looked like colonel sanders from kentucky fried chicken, clearly, a figure head. the head of the red army, ike's ally in defeating the nazis in world war ii. eisenhower spent his son, john, to do some spying. subdued and shaken, just whispered, "things are not as they seem." presidentize -- president eisenhower found out who was in charge on the fifth day of the conference. the big pier
introduced by susan eisenhower the granddaughter of the dwight eisenhower at the eisenhower institute in washington d.c.. this is about 50 minutes. .. >> the answer was there is no plan. i blew up, not for the first or last time, and said, how can it be the head of the soviet union dies, and we have no contingency plan. it was criminal, said the president. the truth was the united states and the other western nations had very little idea of what was happening behind the iron curtain. two...
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basically the of washington. now there has been all the scandal that jackson's wife is going to be first lady. now basically jackson asks dean's new wife to be the hostess at the white house. to preside at the knocker rupaul and they would say the mistress of the white house which has a different meaning today. is a huge scandal. jackson's cabinet, most of his cabinet boycotts inartful ceremonies and they don't meet as a cabinet. takes jackson month -- months because the cabinet wives would not allow the cabinet husbands to be with jackson because little peg would be there and who knows about the relationship between jackson and little peg when they were in congress? the congressional wives are basically agreed -- bringing government to a standstill. this was over peggy and the cabinet wives. daniel webster had a popular toast in washingtwashingt on in reference to this. he would say here's the next cabinet, may they all be bachelors or widowers. they called a petticoat government so the wives were disrupting thi
basically the of washington. now there has been all the scandal that jackson's wife is going to be first lady. now basically jackson asks dean's new wife to be the hostess at the white house. to preside at the knocker rupaul and they would say the mistress of the white house which has a different meaning today. is a huge scandal. jackson's cabinet, most of his cabinet boycotts inartful ceremonies and they don't meet as a cabinet. takes jackson month -- months because the cabinet wives would not...
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if i would've come here to washington d.c. two years ago, i would've told you president hosni mubarak will be caged in jail. you would think i'm insane. today i'm coming to tell you in the long term there should be a linkage between the palestinian judaic, and in the future you would say it's not going to happen. they would not agree to it. so things change very fast and we have to put forward what we believe is good for us. >> at the situation continues, i fear for israel's security and future. i see that it's dangerous and there's also a moral issue they are coming to come the patina. >> thank you. >> my name is jerry dan says. i was in jerusalem in 1973 when the war broke out in all the european nations made a big point of saying, we're not going to send any weapons to the middle east because we don't want to encourage the war this just started. which sounds very noble except at the same time the russians were booked to sending weapons to the syrians and egyptians. my concern is with the shiites and the sunnis. if iran gets
if i would've come here to washington d.c. two years ago, i would've told you president hosni mubarak will be caged in jail. you would think i'm insane. today i'm coming to tell you in the long term there should be a linkage between the palestinian judaic, and in the future you would say it's not going to happen. they would not agree to it. so things change very fast and we have to put forward what we believe is good for us. >> at the situation continues, i fear for israel's security and...
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the first one in washington was in 1801. there is a myth, legend that george washington added the words so help me god at the end of the health. there is no real proof that he said that. nobody ever wrote that he stepped out of those four words of the time, but it has come to be a tradition, at least from 1933 until present, those words have been added at the end of the health. this is 1929, and on the left is chief justice william howard taft. he is investing yield of office to the new president, herbert hoover. taft is the only person ever to be both president and chief justice. and he actually made a little mistake in the of that year. you're supposed to say preserve, protect and defend the constitution. he said, preserve, maintain, and fanned. this was a mistake that was actually discovered by a little 13 year-old girl listening to the inauguration on radio in her classroom in the state of new york. she is the one who brought it to everybody's attention, and they checked it out and she was right that was a mistake in the
the first one in washington was in 1801. there is a myth, legend that george washington added the words so help me god at the end of the health. there is no real proof that he said that. nobody ever wrote that he stepped out of those four words of the time, but it has come to be a tradition, at least from 1933 until present, those words have been added at the end of the health. this is 1929, and on the left is chief justice william howard taft. he is investing yield of office to the new...
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spent with into a washington, d.c. we think about the washington monument, the white house. people think about the potomac river. why is that? >> what was the last part? >> people think about the white house and the national monument and the potomac river. why is that? >> certain people think about the potomac river, that's one of the things i was trying to push toward. especially for people who live in the washington area, the potomac is seen as an obstacle during their commute to work every day. their driving over it or going under it on the subway. i really want to stress that we have this incredible natural resource right on the front doorstep. it's a natural river. this very, very few levies on. web bald eagles along this river. is incredible. it's not exactly fully clean yet but we are working on that. but it's a wonderful resource. either way, we get 90% of our drinking water comes out of this river. it's important here for every people, every person who lives in the washington area. >> you talk about the historical significance of the river. >> mount vernon is the ho
spent with into a washington, d.c. we think about the washington monument, the white house. people think about the potomac river. why is that? >> what was the last part? >> people think about the white house and the national monument and the potomac river. why is that? >> certain people think about the potomac river, that's one of the things i was trying to push toward. especially for people who live in the washington area, the potomac is seen as an obstacle during their...
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is now an associate editor with the "washington post." this is his second book, "little america" to his first, emerald city, about iraq. 202 -- you can see the numbers on your screen. go ahead and out in now. we will begin with a call from hunter in loveland, colorado. >> caller: yeah, i was wondering if he thought the reasons for the war within establishment of a democratic government, or more at a western capitalistic economic system. >> guest: certainly when the taliban was overthrown in 2001, the bush administration wanted to build a more democratic government in afghanistan. that was certain that hard to get more democratic than the taliban have no great love for democracy, and the government that has been created there is a demo -- democratic system. it is, however, obsessed by corruption and cronyism and incompetence, and a lot of backroom dealing, and a number of fairly undemocratic despicable warlords have been brought in positions of power. so it's hard look at the government there and say it's a true democracy, that is a clean
is now an associate editor with the "washington post." this is his second book, "little america" to his first, emerald city, about iraq. 202 -- you can see the numbers on your screen. go ahead and out in now. we will begin with a call from hunter in loveland, colorado. >> caller: yeah, i was wondering if he thought the reasons for the war within establishment of a democratic government, or more at a western capitalistic economic system. >> guest: certainly when...
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from washington. you are everywhere. then we have peter jaszi, professor of copyright law at the washington college of law, american university, also an author. i will say also peter would not want me to, recently given the great honor by his colleagues at the washington college of law to have a lecture named after him. congratulations and thank you for joining us. [applause] so our topic is copyright and the book. very small topic. copyright and the book, authors, publishers and the public interest. i want to reflect on the title for a moment. copyright and the book is at its core a discussion about the public interest. with arthur's and publishers as part of the public interest. i would underscore that because in the more recent conversations, in political circles, it sometimes teed up as a conversation where publishers and authors are somehow and difficult to or at least in competition with the goals of the public and that is not the foundational history of copyright law in united states. we will talk about incentiviz
from washington. you are everywhere. then we have peter jaszi, professor of copyright law at the washington college of law, american university, also an author. i will say also peter would not want me to, recently given the great honor by his colleagues at the washington college of law to have a lecture named after him. congratulations and thank you for joining us. [applause] so our topic is copyright and the book. very small topic. copyright and the book, authors, publishers and the public...
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the threat comes from washington and wall street. i make that new arguments in the new edition of "wealth and poverty." >> george gilder come you rate the united states over the last decade has witnessed a classic confrontation between the forces of entrepreneurial capitalism and those of established institutions, claiming a higher virtue, expertise and political standing. once i subsist on unforced for the enterprise. the other on branson told some privileges at the treasury, the federal reserve and the white house. >> that is exactly what we've had. when michael lewis wrote up a bit short. he is writing about all the jackal of hedge funds and the bed against the big banks were all supporting these subprime mortgages concoctions, confections and scans. it was all the most prestigious forces in both u.s. and the world economy that backed the blindsided by collet, people who are investing in these crazy concocted mortgage securities in which the value was totally unknown by the people investing in a period the people shorting means we
the threat comes from washington and wall street. i make that new arguments in the new edition of "wealth and poverty." >> george gilder come you rate the united states over the last decade has witnessed a classic confrontation between the forces of entrepreneurial capitalism and those of established institutions, claiming a higher virtue, expertise and political standing. once i subsist on unforced for the enterprise. the other on branson told some privileges at the treasury,...
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nothing in washington is as annoyed. but certainly nothing. they may have threatened my career or tried to, my financial ability, you know, my reputation is subject to all those things. but nothing like that. >> host: this citizen of the world twitter person says will will you take the sec position of fast? >> oh, of course. i'm not holding my breath. simon johnson was kind enough to suggest that i would be a worthy successor to mary schapiro. but my greatest professional license would be to have a strong impact. and i would do it in a heartbeat. that being said, while i appreciate -- greatly appreciate this, i don't think it is incredibly likely i will be getting this going forward. >> host: susan from fort lauderdale. you are on again with neil barofsky. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i would like you to name names. who are these criminals. how can we get them into prison? >> guest: i think unfortunately we are running out of time. you know, there is a five-year statute of limitations for most of the activity that would've left the
nothing in washington is as annoyed. but certainly nothing. they may have threatened my career or tried to, my financial ability, you know, my reputation is subject to all those things. but nothing like that. >> host: this citizen of the world twitter person says will will you take the sec position of fast? >> oh, of course. i'm not holding my breath. simon johnson was kind enough to suggest that i would be a worthy successor to mary schapiro. but my greatest professional license...
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george washington crossing the delaware. there are a lot of things commanded such as george washington. i love writing books, teaching. hello during freedom fest. a great way to meet all these authors and see what's happening in the world. >> we have been talking with founder of freedom fest. book tv is currently on location, the making of modern economics. the lives and that he is of great thinkers. thank you for being on book tv. >> thank you. >> tell us what you think about our program in this weekend. you could tweeted this @booktv. common on a facebook wall or send us an e-mail. book tv, nonfiction books every weekend on c-span2. >> your watching book tv on c-span2. here's our prime-time lineup for tonight. starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern, hysteria and the creation of the universe. then at 815, the experiences as a christian living in israel. 930 from the national book festival, an interview on her book elizabeth the queen. at 10:00 p.m. eastern, which includes that's primetime programming with our weekly afterwards progr
george washington crossing the delaware. there are a lot of things commanded such as george washington. i love writing books, teaching. hello during freedom fest. a great way to meet all these authors and see what's happening in the world. >> we have been talking with founder of freedom fest. book tv is currently on location, the making of modern economics. the lives and that he is of great thinkers. thank you for being on book tv. >> thank you. >> tell us what you think about...
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reform in washington. how much do we need to surrender so he won't be to me anymore? in terms of my that scuttling the second time i ran jimmy carter was the head of the democratic ticket. and i remember it was the best campaign technically i ever ran and it felt really good towards the end in these moments when everything feels right because you are the candidate in the middle. so i went in to vote in the library on election day, 1976 and very proud that jimmy carter was the nominee. i found myself standing in line behind people that have come from the nursing home to get revenge from sherman's march to georgia. [laughter] >> i thought to myself how likely is it that after the vote for jimmy carter they will split their tickets for the yankee born army brat on the republican side? and i thought this is going to be long evening. and it was. i went from 48.5% in the delegation in 1974 to 48.3% in 1976 barely enough to survive. carter approved the left hand by 1978. when i came to washington, the democrats h
reform in washington. how much do we need to surrender so he won't be to me anymore? in terms of my that scuttling the second time i ran jimmy carter was the head of the democratic ticket. and i remember it was the best campaign technically i ever ran and it felt really good towards the end in these moments when everything feels right because you are the candidate in the middle. so i went in to vote in the library on election day, 1976 and very proud that jimmy carter was the nominee. i found...
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finances led "the washington post" editorial beard to conclude, "right now the critics are starting to look pretty pressing. government support foreclosure ssessive borrowing has turned into a national nightmare." the f.h. e.a.s. capital reserve is still well below the level determined by congress to be the bare minimum to cover f.h. e.a.s. future losses. even though f.h.a. narrowly avoided a bailout this year, dangers remain in the years ahead due to its over $1 trillion, mr. president, exposure to risky loans and precarious economic conditions. most of the f.h.a.'s recent actions have only concealed these dangers. for example, instied of adequately raising insurance premiums over the life of the loan, f.h.a. has measured -- has increased upfront premiums to simile cover losses in the short term. loss, upfront premiums can be rolled into the mart balance therefore decreasing equity for borrowers o increasing the upfront premiums could make f.h.a. loans even riskier for both the borrower and the taxpayer who stands behind the mortgage. i believe it's time to face the reality that the f
finances led "the washington post" editorial beard to conclude, "right now the critics are starting to look pretty pressing. government support foreclosure ssessive borrowing has turned into a national nightmare." the f.h. e.a.s. capital reserve is still well below the level determined by congress to be the bare minimum to cover f.h. e.a.s. future losses. even though f.h.a. narrowly avoided a bailout this year, dangers remain in the years ahead due to its over $1 trillion,...
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and a lot -- some much of washington is politics. one of my favorite rumors that the spread was that i was actually going to switch parties and become a republican can run for office as a republican. this is one of their rumors. the press would say we have the treasury. you have to put politics. early on in with something that mr. lewis. he sort of say, hey, i'm a democrat. i contributed to president obama pier rihanna i feel about putting an airport that i know is going to hit them right between the gas. the answer to that question is i took an oath of office. i put my hand on the family bible and swore to uphold the job that i would do. and that had a control. we had to put those issues behind us and do the job that we were sent to washington to do. >> host: did you meet with president george w. bush or barack obama? >> guest: arm sari. >> host: did you meet with george w. bush or barack obama? >> guest: nighter one. we always wanted to five nsa we because i went down with my deputy. it was really great to have in there. we really
and a lot -- some much of washington is politics. one of my favorite rumors that the spread was that i was actually going to switch parties and become a republican can run for office as a republican. this is one of their rumors. the press would say we have the treasury. you have to put politics. early on in with something that mr. lewis. he sort of say, hey, i'm a democrat. i contributed to president obama pier rihanna i feel about putting an airport that i know is going to hit them right...
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>>host: day ms washington? >> nine this the of little bit of power because the matter how small the agency or miniscule the power when people have problems problems, sometimes you can help them. with the commission imus being able to bring people that no one heard from war would be listened to. >> this is your third or fourth book? >>guest: no. have written many more. maybe nine or 10. i am working on one right now. the topic is what does that mean, it is on voter fraud. i found a place in louisiana where they seem to have a persistent record of voter fraud from the 19th century until now. i was given records that nobody else has. so if you want to see voter suppression here it is. >> when we you see that? >> what about the term post racial? >> they are an idiot. there is a big debate about this when obama was selected by the democrats but we are beyond thinking about issues of race. so even the presence of all all, and the family raises racial questions for some people. so on the way to be post racial but it i
>>host: day ms washington? >> nine this the of little bit of power because the matter how small the agency or miniscule the power when people have problems problems, sometimes you can help them. with the commission imus being able to bring people that no one heard from war would be listened to. >> this is your third or fourth book? >>guest: no. have written many more. maybe nine or 10. i am working on one right now. the topic is what does that mean, it is on voter fraud....
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the washington--george washington university law school student couldn't testify before a panel of men when she finally found a democratic committee to testify why access to contraception is important and then rush limbaugh gave her the claim to fame when he called her a slut. somebody sent me -- thought i wouldn't wear it. >> can i -- having been called a slut -- [laughter and applause] >> let me just say part of the problem is even with sandra fluke was allowed to testify, it made many of us very happy and proud that she was able to testify, what she is still coming up against is this dominance, this fema or story that is out there prevailing that these groups of people who are not or may not be listening to have the authority to decide what happens to us. they define what the parameters are and what the meaning of contraception is and that is what rush limbaugh was injecting in this conversation. we define women's a quality, we define what contraception means and i am going to define it as being a foot. our stories even when we are sitting at the table are always perceived as storie
the washington--george washington university law school student couldn't testify before a panel of men when she finally found a democratic committee to testify why access to contraception is important and then rush limbaugh gave her the claim to fame when he called her a slut. somebody sent me -- thought i wouldn't wear it. >> can i -- having been called a slut -- [laughter and applause] >> let me just say part of the problem is even with sandra fluke was allowed to testify, it made...
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or if you are a tourist suppose you go to washington, d.c. on the congressional hearing that there may be a very long line if it is a popular hearing. and you may not like standing in long lines you can now go to a company called line standing dhaka, and pay them a certain amount of money. they will hire someone usually a homeless person or someone that needs to work to hold the place on line for hours and hours overnight if need be. and when the hearing begins, you can take your place in the line and go into the hearing room. the same thing, you can do the same thing by the way, if you would rather sit in an oral argument before the u.s. supreme court. a longstanding dhaka, or suppose you want to contribute to a alleviating a social tragedy in this country. each year thousands of babies born to a drug-addicted mothers there is a charity you can contribute to that tries to use a market mechanism to solve this terrible problem. they offered any and drug addicted woman $300 to be sterilized. the use of the market incentive. or suppose you have
or if you are a tourist suppose you go to washington, d.c. on the congressional hearing that there may be a very long line if it is a popular hearing. and you may not like standing in long lines you can now go to a company called line standing dhaka, and pay them a certain amount of money. they will hire someone usually a homeless person or someone that needs to work to hold the place on line for hours and hours overnight if need be. and when the hearing begins, you can take your place in the...
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this is the front page account of george washington crusting the delaware. bruce chadwick contributed the essay in trenton and princeton, the phrase washington years that they surrendered because they were about to be cut to pieces. it was somewhat harsh language to come from the future president. we also read in the newspapers about john paul jones, the first naval hero. during the account, you read of what is in essence a fashion reporter. paula jones, who is dressed in a short jacket and long trousers with a definite edge was fun and about around his middle. decisions about areas. john paul jones is the mortal words have not yet begun to fight. turns out he likely didn't say that and what he probably said this was printed, in this case thea read the quotes him as saying i may think, now began to face her. saratoga, turning point of the war. i was struck by the ledger from early 1778 that printed the objections that congress raise to the terms of surrender. so early 17 decomposes pennsylvanian ledgers printed in philadelphia. this happens to be under a hea
this is the front page account of george washington crusting the delaware. bruce chadwick contributed the essay in trenton and princeton, the phrase washington years that they surrendered because they were about to be cut to pieces. it was somewhat harsh language to come from the future president. we also read in the newspapers about john paul jones, the first naval hero. during the account, you read of what is in essence a fashion reporter. paula jones, who is dressed in a short jacket and...
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i live in washington d.c. so i know the places where women do not have power and where the problems are in terms of child care and what happens to women at the top which i address in a chapter called the talk. but i write a lot about how this has been going on for 40 years. we haven't turned the world upside down. parts of america look like they're upside-down when you look at relationships but we are long way getting there and i am -- you can see the election as a current example is something profound happened in the last election not just because obama won but the way he won. he won in a way which really changed our ideas about who is the minority and to is the victim which is something you write about a lot. this idea that women put him in power. we had this -- the largest number of female senators we have ever had in history. we had new hampshire the most politically obsessed state in the entire country run by at matriarchy. you have to think hard about what does it mean to be a minority in this country of
i live in washington d.c. so i know the places where women do not have power and where the problems are in terms of child care and what happens to women at the top which i address in a chapter called the talk. but i write a lot about how this has been going on for 40 years. we haven't turned the world upside down. parts of america look like they're upside-down when you look at relationships but we are long way getting there and i am -- you can see the election as a current example is something...
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you have with washington nothing you see in washington today. that is a person who is prepared to reach out to the person who knows. i spent years literally years trying to convince the government in the republican and democratic party we have ownership and 1 $10 of fraud in medicare and medicaid. my tourses were straight straightforward. american express, visa, and mastercard. it you had in the federal government you get an experience express you would save between 70 and 110 billion a year. they adopt first time the budget office model, they're not bureaucracy, they have the weird private sector idea. they want to use computers. [laughter] there a serious of weird things about this. and that is where we are. we're a country which could solve virtually all of the problems. if you read i want to close with the reference back to washington for a second. republicans belly aching. could you imagine people did who they paid. you can't do that. it won't work on a thirty-second commercial. our second is valley forge. by the way, if you want to see a c
you have with washington nothing you see in washington today. that is a person who is prepared to reach out to the person who knows. i spent years literally years trying to convince the government in the republican and democratic party we have ownership and 1 $10 of fraud in medicare and medicaid. my tourses were straight straightforward. american express, visa, and mastercard. it you had in the federal government you get an experience express you would save between 70 and 110 billion a year....
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washington's first i rise. the 5 story building still used by government offices today where the pension office of the partriorme of asirst located and then move to the patent office building. you know it as the grant structure that houses two smithsonian museums. the dolley madison house where jennings live with his mistress until he became free in 1847, that also is there today. paul jennings would have been on the cellar level. after the burning of the white house, the madison white house never lived in the white house again. the temporary white house became the octagon. the octagon is another of the buildings still in washington. it was there that james madison signed the treaty again that ended the war of 1812 and jennings writes that on that occasion everyone in the household was thrilled to hear that news had finally arrived. jennings said he played the president's march on the violin. 7s were instructed to pour wine literally including for themselves and jennings rights that the french steward was drunk
washington's first i rise. the 5 story building still used by government offices today where the pension office of the partriorme of asirst located and then move to the patent office building. you know it as the grant structure that houses two smithsonian museums. the dolley madison house where jennings live with his mistress until he became free in 1847, that also is there today. paul jennings would have been on the cellar level. after the burning of the white house, the madison white house...
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so we can get her back to washington. won't leave without her husband's body. johnson's as we go to the plane and wait for her and the body there. calm and decisive as if he thought everything through in a moment, that scene on the plane when he gets to the plane also haven't been described from his point of view. we all know the photograph, lyndon johnson standing with his hand up, jacqueline kennedy standing next to him, ladybird on the other side, the judge with the bible administering the oath. it hadn't been told from johnson's point of view and i wanted to do that so for the -- to do that i will talk to everyone who is alive and who was in that room. i talked to mary famer who was johnson's secretary. if you look at that iconic photograph, in the back behind the people you see the top of the young woman sort of curly black head, that is a marie famer's head. what she is doing she told me is checking that johnson takes the oath of office, she is checking to make sure that the words are right. there was a reporter who left wonderful oral history, watching j
so we can get her back to washington. won't leave without her husband's body. johnson's as we go to the plane and wait for her and the body there. calm and decisive as if he thought everything through in a moment, that scene on the plane when he gets to the plane also haven't been described from his point of view. we all know the photograph, lyndon johnson standing with his hand up, jacqueline kennedy standing next to him, ladybird on the other side, the judge with the bible administering the...
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in washington, um, in washington -- washington had about 30,000 people then as a city, 12,000 of them were black. the majority of the black people in washington actually in 1830 were free, were not slaves out of the 12,000 black people, slightly more than half were free. >> what led to washington, d.c.'s first race riots in 1835, and what part did francis scott key play? jefferson morley recounts this almost forgotten chapter in american history in "snowstorm in august," monday night at 10 eastern part of c-span2's booktv. >> washington post correspondent and author rajiv command chandr. his newest book "the little america." mr. chandrasekaran, when you talk about little america, what are you talking about? >> guest: i'm talking about this remarkable community that the americans built in the deserts of southern afghanistan not in the last couple years, but six decades ago. back when, unknown to most of our countrymen, there were dozens and dozens of american engineers there back in the '40s and '50s digging irrigation canals, building dams, helping to nation build in afghanistan. on t
in washington, um, in washington -- washington had about 30,000 people then as a city, 12,000 of them were black. the majority of the black people in washington actually in 1830 were free, were not slaves out of the 12,000 black people, slightly more than half were free. >> what led to washington, d.c.'s first race riots in 1835, and what part did francis scott key play? jefferson morley recounts this almost forgotten chapter in american history in "snowstorm in august," monday...
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dennis then stood dead center in the fledgling city on the east side and washington streets. from where to ground this genie about catastrophe of this at night ability personified. since it ended cotton, fabric as road tire. even the painting thymus unbleached canvas walls were executed in oil. throughout october and november, the wagering palace at plumped as an oil soaked rag. ready to burst into flame at the touch of a match. 5:45 a.m. in the fledgling place was first noticed a mild sort of alarmed was disseminated among the saloons. many preparing to open in five hours. virtually no wind pierces the greatest threat to the city would be an aggressive when, fanning the flames. first the fire crawl as the halfhearted alarm ambled lazily across the square. the news is not a silent in the southwest corner of clint kearney streets. there is a large general merchandise store in the southeast corner in the crockett building on the northeast corner. by deities are busy heads. the crockett's gambling rooms closed it near dawn in a scandal he said staggered home. on the southwest co
dennis then stood dead center in the fledgling city on the east side and washington streets. from where to ground this genie about catastrophe of this at night ability personified. since it ended cotton, fabric as road tire. even the painting thymus unbleached canvas walls were executed in oil. throughout october and november, the wagering palace at plumped as an oil soaked rag. ready to burst into flame at the touch of a match. 5:45 a.m. in the fledgling place was first noticed a mild sort of...
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george washington -- in cambridge there's a tree that finally fell and it said washington took command of the troops there. he was nowhere near that tree. you can prove that 1 million times over. but people believed it and loved it. love that tree. the tree in the boston call men's. there's a -- why? because trees are a marker of time. just talk about new york specifically, yeah, i mean, obviously we develop, i mean, this is an old story. new york is always changing and that's good. but there is something happening, and i think in historic preservation, something i feel like if i want to be part of it or tried to be a part of it. this idea that when you preserve a place, that's one thing. you preserve the building, okay. but what's the use of the building or once the remembrances that live in the building still? suddenly i'm thinking that tree, they still have the stuff of it in the apollo theater. that's a tree reference. people don't forget that. but i'm back into places, and i think the new, the latest moves, the new thinking in historic preservation is about preserving use. so for
george washington -- in cambridge there's a tree that finally fell and it said washington took command of the troops there. he was nowhere near that tree. you can prove that 1 million times over. but people believed it and loved it. love that tree. the tree in the boston call men's. there's a -- why? because trees are a marker of time. just talk about new york specifically, yeah, i mean, obviously we develop, i mean, this is an old story. new york is always changing and that's good. but there...
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washington was in town all the time. lafayette, philip schuyler, one of the generals of the revolution lived in albany. and benjamin franklin and so on and so on and so on, in the history of those years. and then in the early 19th century, albany became the way west. wit always been a crossroads. we were at the end of the river. henry hudson came up the river in 1607, and couldn't go any further than these rocky bottom, the shallows. and it was, what was where he dropped anchor turned out to be albany eventually. albany is like all of the great eastern cities in its formation. all the european immigration, the dutch first in the english, and then the germans and then the irish. they came in fantastic numbers into new york, philadelphia, boston and so on. and albany. albany had so many irish that they couldn't handle it during the famine, and they stopped it. to close our borders and would not let any more people in. they were so many people coming into the city. eventually the irish became dominant in the 19th century in
washington was in town all the time. lafayette, philip schuyler, one of the generals of the revolution lived in albany. and benjamin franklin and so on and so on and so on, in the history of those years. and then in the early 19th century, albany became the way west. wit always been a crossroads. we were at the end of the river. henry hudson came up the river in 1607, and couldn't go any further than these rocky bottom, the shallows. and it was, what was where he dropped anchor turned out to be...
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you know, it seemed like washington, between the the white house and state department, everybody had an idea of what should be done, advocatings on both sides, a ready group of the individuals, the power, and given rise to those looking for an opportunity to implement a responsibility to protect scenario that would succeed so that's a whole, you know, that's a whole section, again, as to what -- how did we come to intervene, and why was that actually a good idea? the next question, of course, is the one that everybody's talking about now, which i'll leave teem for questions, which is where is libya headed next? you know, with regards to what happens this benghazi, i think one needs to take -- regardless of all of the chaos that's happening, step back, go up several thousand feet, and look at the process over a microphone longer period of time. this is, you know, we're still a year into the revolution. nobody really expected -- many libyans expected this is going to be a shorter and more pleasant experience than it has been, and there's been confrontation of a brutal reality, but back
you know, it seemed like washington, between the the white house and state department, everybody had an idea of what should be done, advocatings on both sides, a ready group of the individuals, the power, and given rise to those looking for an opportunity to implement a responsibility to protect scenario that would succeed so that's a whole, you know, that's a whole section, again, as to what -- how did we come to intervene, and why was that actually a good idea? the next question, of course,...
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they were all university graduates except for george washington and george washington was an autodidact commotion so fed 6000 books. this was an elite. constitution did not give liberty to the ordinary man. all it did was replace the king with the president. but it gave congress the same right. congress could tax. the constitution did not provide liberty for the american people. if the government into the hands of a property elite and was a white male that ran this country for the first year of our nation. >> house on to put it to slavery come from? >> he believed in justice and he felt this was a great evil, but most of the leaders did feel george washington currently on said there was no man who most sincerely wants to see an end to slavery in this country. he called it a great evil. slavery was not something the founding fathers invented. slavery was invented by the english and spanish and french and early on in the 18th century before the founding fathers were born, when their fathers and grandfathers were alive, they're only 15 to 20,000 slaves in this country and the people of vir
they were all university graduates except for george washington and george washington was an autodidact commotion so fed 6000 books. this was an elite. constitution did not give liberty to the ordinary man. all it did was replace the king with the president. but it gave congress the same right. congress could tax. the constitution did not provide liberty for the american people. if the government into the hands of a property elite and was a white male that ran this country for the first year of...
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antecedents are mixed up. >> you've got a comparison with george washington washington of course freed his slaves on his death spoke actually after 10 years of trying. >> washington is a marvelous story she wrote about in your last book. >> right. >> [inaudible] it would be political suicide. and, in fact, jefferson recognized at the end of his life that it would not only be suicide, marvelous letter and 1819 of the missouri compromise which he talks about -- [inaudible]. for the first time he recognizes the great war in which hundreds of thousands might die, not necessarily in europe which he always believed, fighting between republicans and regimes, could well be in this new nation fighting between slavery and independeindepende nce. and jefferson does give his own reasons for not freeing his slaves. you're quite right. he never intended to faith and even if he hadn't been in debt. but he did argue that to do so would be civil war and that the only solution would be a scheme in which all slaves moved to the caribbean or back to africa. and, of course, you could argue that it's not ju
antecedents are mixed up. >> you've got a comparison with george washington washington of course freed his slaves on his death spoke actually after 10 years of trying. >> washington is a marvelous story she wrote about in your last book. >> right. >> [inaudible] it would be political suicide. and, in fact, jefferson recognized at the end of his life that it would not only be suicide, marvelous letter and 1819 of the missouri compromise which he talks about --...
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there is a big power shift in washington. it is led by a guy named lewis powell, the supreme court justice before you went on the court. a secret memo to the business leaders of america. you're getting taken to the cleaners by the consumer movement, by the environmental movement, the labor movement. you have to get into washington and get in the game. ever since then, we have had a policy tilt since the late 1970's. for a policy tilt that has built the middle-class and as don uphill. it's both political and economic. not just a bunch of guys sitting around and around saying let's screwed a middle-class. it happened historically, but if we don't understand how wind why we're not going to get to a good fix of our situation right now. >> what is one example of how the middle class in your view has gotten hurt. >> take the retirement program. came in in place of lifetime pensions, shifted hundreds of billions of dollars from the accounting of corporations on to the shoulders of the middle-class. take the housing crisis. $6 trilli
there is a big power shift in washington. it is led by a guy named lewis powell, the supreme court justice before you went on the court. a secret memo to the business leaders of america. you're getting taken to the cleaners by the consumer movement, by the environmental movement, the labor movement. you have to get into washington and get in the game. ever since then, we have had a policy tilt since the late 1970's. for a policy tilt that has built the middle-class and as don uphill. it's both...
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[laughter] >> i mean, it seems to me that everybody in washington or maybe even in libya forget that there was a big anniversary coming up. as you know, because you were in the embassy when the chief of mission goes off season the kindle the washington. going down and won back a couple of days. they either concur or not. it seems to me that he walked into a lion's den without anybody really being aware of what the situation once. >> well, just categorize a partnership between its teaching has led the united states and their local counterparts in benghazi. i came to be building a trauma center. we facilitated the number of training programs and we're hopeful will go forward. as far as what was going on there i have written a piece in which argued that the -- there are some systemic issues, but that is not -- taking it up a step, it's not a run the obama issue. this is a systemic issue within several u.s. government agencies which some people out into the field. you tend to have this super response to certain situations where you have the fortress and people can't really get in and out
[laughter] >> i mean, it seems to me that everybody in washington or maybe even in libya forget that there was a big anniversary coming up. as you know, because you were in the embassy when the chief of mission goes off season the kindle the washington. going down and won back a couple of days. they either concur or not. it seems to me that he walked into a lion's den without anybody really being aware of what the situation once. >> well, just categorize a partnership between its...
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he is a washington post staff writer, he is also the author of "the rise of marco rubio." manuel roig-franzia, what should we know about pube -- marco rubio that we may not know right now? >> guest: well, what you ought to know is that he is more than any other republican politician positioned to have a big impact on what that party does vis-a-vis immigration. such an important issue, such an important demographic. and it was proven in the election, and you're going to be hearing a lot from him on that topic in the next four years. >> host: is so how did he play it in the 2012 cycle? >> guest: well, he was a big surrogate for mitt romney. he traveled all over the country. it was a terrific way to introduce him to people outside of florida. even though he's very popular in florida and had a stunning victory in the 2010 senate race -- not a win that a lot of people expected him to get when that race started, you know, he was facing this very tough candidate, charlie crist, who was a popular governor at the time -- but outside of florida his profile was much smaller. and now
he is a washington post staff writer, he is also the author of "the rise of marco rubio." manuel roig-franzia, what should we know about pube -- marco rubio that we may not know right now? >> guest: well, what you ought to know is that he is more than any other republican politician positioned to have a big impact on what that party does vis-a-vis immigration. such an important issue, such an important demographic. and it was proven in the election, and you're going to be...
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here's washington. however unfortunate while we are encompassed on all sides with avowed enemies and insidious trends that internal dissensions should be hearing and tearing our titles. harrowing and tearing our titles it's a very vivid phrase jon adams in the same era said jefferson's mind is poisoned with passion, prejudice and faction. hamilton said of jefferson this is how well it worked, hamilton said of jefferson anyone who cares about the liberty of the country and the welfare of the nation with great despair among jefferson's ascendance to the presidency, and jefferson with a fairly formidable and outreach to his friend said i will not suffer the slanders of a man for the moment at which history can stoop to notice him is a tissue of machinations against the liberty of the country which is not only received and given him bread, but needs honor on his head. hamilton responded by saying he was a fanatic public and atheist and religion and an anonymous letter writer from the camp once wrote jeffers
here's washington. however unfortunate while we are encompassed on all sides with avowed enemies and insidious trends that internal dissensions should be hearing and tearing our titles. harrowing and tearing our titles it's a very vivid phrase jon adams in the same era said jefferson's mind is poisoned with passion, prejudice and faction. hamilton said of jefferson this is how well it worked, hamilton said of jefferson anyone who cares about the liberty of the country and the welfare of the...
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it's time for us in washington to do the same. here in the senate, it seems to me that we're always fighting about something. that might not change any time soon, but more often than not, i believe that we can raise to the common ground of great national purpose and i believe with all of my heart that this is one of those times. thank you, mr. president. and i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the assistant majority leader is recognized. mr. durbin: ask consent the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, i rise with the intention of asking consent for the immediate passage of s. 215, the increasing american jobs through greater exports to africa act, legislation i've introduce in the senate with senators boozman, coons, cardin and landrieu, and that is being sponsored and led in the house of representatives by congressman chris smith and congresswo
it's time for us in washington to do the same. here in the senate, it seems to me that we're always fighting about something. that might not change any time soon, but more often than not, i believe that we can raise to the common ground of great national purpose and i believe with all of my heart that this is one of those times. thank you, mr. president. and i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. durbin: mr....
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the clerk: washington, d.c, december 24, 2012. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable mary l. landrieu, a senator from the state of louisiana, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on thursday, december 27, 2012. >> we're going to go back to our booktv programming now. kevin ryan, president and ceo of covenant house, and tina kelley, former staff writer for "the new york times," talk about their book on teenage homelessness, "almost home." >> some of them making $7 and change an hour. and many of them working overtime to try to make more money but still qualify for programs like s.n.a.p., and so here we are allowing many of our employees -- especially as i was saying behind the curtain. i think the curtain's there to block the sex and love section. [laughter] do you notice that is the one that's curtained
the clerk: washington, d.c, december 24, 2012. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable mary l. landrieu, a senator from the state of louisiana, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on thursday, december 27, 2012. >> we're going to go back to our booktv...
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now, in some jurisdictions, like washington, dc, you cannot even make that argument. washington, dc, the jurisdiction that has the "just words" doctrine, and the law says no matter what the word, no matter what somebody calls you, that's no excuse for using violence. but other jurisdictions say, we'll let you make that argument to a jury. >> host: professor kennedy, you write in the n-word book, there's nothing necessarily wrong with a white person saying the n-word, just as there is nothing necessarily wrong with a black person saying it. what should matter is the context in which the word is spoken. the speaker's aims, effects, alternative, to condemn whites to use the n-word without regard to context is simply to make a fettish of the word. >> guest: yes. the best example to illustrate that point is mark mark twain'st novel, huckleberry finn. anythinger appears in that book over 200 times. i think huckleberry finn is a wonderful novel and its impulse is antiracist. antislavery, obviously over the years there have been many people who wanted the book banned or wante
now, in some jurisdictions, like washington, dc, you cannot even make that argument. washington, dc, the jurisdiction that has the "just words" doctrine, and the law says no matter what the word, no matter what somebody calls you, that's no excuse for using violence. but other jurisdictions say, we'll let you make that argument to a jury. >> host: professor kennedy, you write in the n-word book, there's nothing necessarily wrong with a white person saying the n-word, just as...
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they were all university graduates except for george washington, and george washington educated himself. he read more than 6,000 books. this was an elite. the constitution didn't give liberty of the ordinary man. turned over but it gave congress the same life the parliament had and they could tax us without our permission. it gave the constitution did not provide liberty for the american people. if the government into the hands of the property elite, white male property elite in the country for the first years of the nation. >> i don't know how strong to put where slavery came from. >> he believed in justice, and he felt this was a great evil but most of the leaders did feel that. george washington early on said there is no man who were sincerely more than nine wants to see an end to slavery in this country. slavery wasn't something the founding fathers invented. slavery was invented by the english and spanish and french and early on in the 18th century long before the founding fathers were born when their fathers and grandfathers were alive there were 15 to 20,000 in this country and t
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. >> in little america: the war within the war for afghanistan, washington post senior correspondent rajiv command sake ran reports on the military and the government's failings in the war in afghanistan. nancy gibbs, editor at large and michael duffy, executive editor for time magazine, chronicle the relationship of the u.s. presidents in "the presidents club: inside the world's most exclusive fraternity." and kevin phillips recounts what he believes was the most important year of the american revolution which was 1775, a good year for revolutions. for an extended list of links to various publications 2012 notable book selections, visit booktv.org or our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. >> in 2008 judge robert bork sat down with eugene meyer, president of the federalist society, on booktv's "after words," an hourlong interview program. judge bork discussed a collection of his written works spanning nearly four decades. this interview was taped at judge bork's home in virginia. judge robert bork died on december 19, 2012. >> host: why did you, why did you collect "a time to speak,
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i went to washington and the senator and i and his two dogs have lunch together on monday since the dogs came to the senate with him because the senate wasn't in session and they could of rome and play. was a weird sight, believe me. we were brought into the tiny little conference room, the two dogs, the senator and me with a card table in the middle, and the senator who was always on a diet. he would feel better the center he was head the biggest sand which i'd ever seen like a sliver of tuna fish that looked as old as he was and on a piece of bread. i had two pieces of bread and potato chips and we talked for three or four hours. and what i remember saying over and over and over again is you don't want me to write this book because i am a historian, and i went find stuff, and whenever i find i'm going to put in the book and who knows, by the time this book comes out there might be a kennedy running for office. little did i know that that kennedy's naim what the joseph p. kennedy iii who ran for the most elected in congress. now the election came before my book came out, and i was worri
i went to washington and the senator and i and his two dogs have lunch together on monday since the dogs came to the senate with him because the senate wasn't in session and they could of rome and play. was a weird sight, believe me. we were brought into the tiny little conference room, the two dogs, the senator and me with a card table in the middle, and the senator who was always on a diet. he would feel better the center he was head the biggest sand which i'd ever seen like a sliver of tuna...
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i had a law practice here in washington for many, many years. i did keep notes, and i felt ultimately, um, that i would put it together, and i'd piece it together for a magazine article. and then it expanded, and it became what it is right now. but always behind in my mind i want young people to know, i want young people to know that this ugliness happened. and so it took a while. my brother is a writer up in new york, and he was my editor for a while. i fired him three times, and i went back with the help of my wife back into my first year legal research because i had to certify, authorize this was a piece of nonfiction, and you have to put down. i felt with a memoir you could just wig it. well, you can't because once you start highlighting things, you have to get authority for it. you even have to get a concept from people who you put photographs in, the consent of the army, consent of all -- i had a letter from james meredith right after i left which is in the book it, and i wanted to put that in. my wife reminded me, well, you need his permi
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at for washington now. i realize this thing that changed the landscape of manhattan was the seat -- of the steam shovel. it would take nine centuries to flatten with a shovel. women from a low reside or colonial middle-class housewives-- housewives going to watch the battle. if you come to the corner of pit you are on the rise but there was a 90-foot precipice that they leveled. if you walk down nassau street toward made in a new pnc it is with the maids went to wash the clothes of the stream. you can see the curve of the earth. the old list built by dennis is the old jewish cemetery. it is on a rise there was a battle there. >> there is a new book about john rand paul the guy who surveyed the grid the maker of the grid. i read it. it confirmed the idea that what we are learning is the book that we have discussed here is beautiful and the adr what this city was it is called mahatta it is a book of mountain and hills and it could help us to go forward. i don't think to think that is gone. this new book talks
at for washington now. i realize this thing that changed the landscape of manhattan was the seat -- of the steam shovel. it would take nine centuries to flatten with a shovel. women from a low reside or colonial middle-class housewives-- housewives going to watch the battle. if you come to the corner of pit you are on the rise but there was a 90-foot precipice that they leveled. if you walk down nassau street toward made in a new pnc it is with the maids went to wash the clothes of the stream....
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the montgomery block block dominated montgomery and washington streets. number 722 and 724 montgomery. it had been a gold rush tobacco warehouse and now the man, mark twain, setting his cars. it was cold and sweaty in his palm. he took a swig. a few droplets caught in his horseshoe mustache, and he left them there. he spoke and he had become addicted on the mississippi. he contributed his own cloud and by the barrel for $4, he held a cigar poison the air and scattered the vapor with a long sweep of his arms. mark twain had acquired a steam bath in virginia city. while laboring under bronchitis and a series called, 8 miles northwest from the road between virginia city and steamboat springs, a distance of 7 miles. over a long line of beautiful columns, there was a large house constructed to be then. [inaudible] gave me a boiling and surging noise exactly as a steam steamboat bed. sawyer traded and a hot mess. the boards were damp from the sweat running down his arms. in his 32 years, sawyer had been a torch boy. new york engine company number 14. san franci
the montgomery block block dominated montgomery and washington streets. number 722 and 724 montgomery. it had been a gold rush tobacco warehouse and now the man, mark twain, setting his cars. it was cold and sweaty in his palm. he took a swig. a few droplets caught in his horseshoe mustache, and he left them there. he spoke and he had become addicted on the mississippi. he contributed his own cloud and by the barrel for $4, he held a cigar poison the air and scattered the vapor with a long...
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just two weeks after clay's speech, the 30th congress convened in washington and guess who was there? iran led. he heard plays speech in lexington because he was visiting the town on his way from springfield to washington d.c., visiting the family in lexington. while he was there he got to hearing in replace speech. this was a tremendous thing for abraham lincoln. he always idolized like, calling him his bell ideal of a politician and to have the opportunity to hear him speak must've been a huge thing for him. lincoln, when he was young, carry around a book of clay's speeches it used to read into of self, and when he was a young man and legislator he would be president of the classic club and ask henry clay to come speak in springfield. this is really like is opportunity to meet the politician he respects and admires the most and he heard him give a speech against the war. perhaps it is a surprising that when lincoln gets to washington, instead of talking about tariffs or any of the economic issues that have really motivated as a politician, he decides to oppose the war. the first spe
just two weeks after clay's speech, the 30th congress convened in washington and guess who was there? iran led. he heard plays speech in lexington because he was visiting the town on his way from springfield to washington d.c., visiting the family in lexington. while he was there he got to hearing in replace speech. this was a tremendous thing for abraham lincoln. he always idolized like, calling him his bell ideal of a politician and to have the opportunity to hear him speak must've been a...
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it's dawn on inauguration day in washington, d.c.. a huge amount of people gather on the washington mall. in 2009 and was all the way from the capitol all the way to the lincoln memorial. we just lost our picture. they are there for the inauguration. people gather to watch and other places as well. in times square in the new york city and classrooms around the country in paris and iraq and afghanistan people are watching the u.s. presidential inauguration. they've all come there and there is a big crowd on the mall. i'm going to speak to you today about this great historic subject come of this institution and i am not -- i'm going to do it in the same way in which organized the book. rather the book is not chronological. it's not divided that starts off with george washington and then john adams to going to the president. instead it is divided by the various parts of the day and then i sprinkle vignettes. some of them very serious, some of them of course very traditional, and a lot of them i'm always looking for those, too. i also goi
it's dawn on inauguration day in washington, d.c.. a huge amount of people gather on the washington mall. in 2009 and was all the way from the capitol all the way to the lincoln memorial. we just lost our picture. they are there for the inauguration. people gather to watch and other places as well. in times square in the new york city and classrooms around the country in paris and iraq and afghanistan people are watching the u.s. presidential inauguration. they've all come there and there is a...
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she was raising money for the freed slaves of washington d.c. the first slaves freed by lincoln were freed in april of 1862 and the district of columbia, which congress had authority over, unlike states. you have these hundred 700 of free african-americans in the nations capital. where are they going to live? most of the job of providing for them was taken on by african-american themselves, including the staff at the white house. that mary was very supportive. at one point she writes the check from the presidential slush fund to buy blankets for freed slaves living. winter is coming on and freezing to death. so, the scale of change that was going on was enormous. in the 1950s the war and spirit people come back and a lot of people want to revert to the way it was before. that happened in the 1860s and 70s to get back to the way it was in domestic life. he survived to end of man's work with the changes unleashed cannot be put back into the box. he was not afraid of these changes. he was radical in the vanguard of any of these changes. as i said,
she was raising money for the freed slaves of washington d.c. the first slaves freed by lincoln were freed in april of 1862 and the district of columbia, which congress had authority over, unlike states. you have these hundred 700 of free african-americans in the nations capital. where are they going to live? most of the job of providing for them was taken on by african-american themselves, including the staff at the white house. that mary was very supportive. at one point she writes the check...
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>> guest: divisional, washington post foreign policy magazine, the foreign policy website which is not much bigger than the magazine, three million visitors on the web site and runs a series of events and other programs on international issues. >> host: mr. rothkopf, in "power, inc." you have a chapter about a swedish boat. what is that story? >> guest: i wanted to go to the origin story of the company. companies in one form or another have existed since the beginning of time but the oldest corp. still in existence is a swedish company that started perhaps 1,000 years ago when a goat wandered away from its owner and came back with red horns because it had shrunk from a stream that was full of copper ore and the owner came back and found the extreme and started digging for copper ended became a copper company and became a company called totenberg which means great copper mountain and is now primarily in the paper business. about $20 billion a year in sales it is bigger than a couple of dozen countries itself and the fact that it existed so long and is so big and most people have never h
>> guest: divisional, washington post foreign policy magazine, the foreign policy website which is not much bigger than the magazine, three million visitors on the web site and runs a series of events and other programs on international issues. >> host: mr. rothkopf, in "power, inc." you have a chapter about a swedish boat. what is that story? >> guest: i wanted to go to the origin story of the company. companies in one form or another have existed since the...
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in washington, washington had 30,000 people done as a cd. 12,000 were black. the majority of black people in washington in 1830 were free, were not slaves out of the 12 s. and black people, slightly more than half were free. >> up next on booktv, "after
in washington, washington had 30,000 people done as a cd. 12,000 were black. the majority of black people in washington in 1830 were free, were not slaves out of the 12 s. and black people, slightly more than half were free. >> up next on booktv, "after
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these were including in "the washington post best book of 2012. this year's national book award winner for non-fiction "behind the beautiful forevers." katherine boo profiles. the late reporter and war spond recalls the capture in lib are libya and return to his grandfather's estate in the national book award nominated "house of stone." in "marigold" james history and swcial affairs professor at george washington university reports on the peace plan dubbed "marigold" and aim to end the vietnam war in 1966.
these were including in "the washington post best book of 2012. this year's national book award winner for non-fiction "behind the beautiful forevers." katherine boo profiles. the late reporter and war spond recalls the capture in lib are libya and return to his grandfather's estate in the national book award nominated "house of stone." in "marigold" james history and swcial affairs professor at george washington university reports on the peace plan dubbed...
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washington d.c. her very happy to have them with us here today. [applause] the dictators learning curve is a look at an arms race, speaking metaphorically that dictators and democratic activist trying to overthrow and both sides have had to up their game in recent years. for those of you who think foreign policy is about trade agreements, arms treaties come arcing border disputes, let me assure you it's a lively read a stun dobson's travels across the world and the steam setting, anecdotes and memorable characters. they are an admiral. i'm supposed to say the top of the hour were going to lead about 15 minutes for a question-and-answer session. people to line up at the microphone in the middle aisle and afterward totally done, we're going to go to the book signing tent, where will the signed copies of the book. so, to start off panic and you give us a brief description of the central thrust of your book. >> sure, absolutely. for two and a half years i spent time traveling to a number of different aut
washington d.c. her very happy to have them with us here today. [applause] the dictators learning curve is a look at an arms race, speaking metaphorically that dictators and democratic activist trying to overthrow and both sides have had to up their game in recent years. for those of you who think foreign policy is about trade agreements, arms treaties come arcing border disputes, let me assure you it's a lively read a stun dobson's travels across the world and the steam setting, anecdotes and...
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the chairs in washington, made up of about 25 or 30 leaders of the conservative movement, presence of organizations, and it -- and it includes a libertarians. it includes the christian conservatives. includes the foreign-policy conservatives, neil conservatives commandery pretty much all along. i don't think there are very many things we disagree on. we discussed every issue that comes along every week, and we also have two meetings per year and bring in the heads of about 100 conservative organizations. we just had 12 or three weeks ago just after the election. i can say that they are as enthusiastic as ever. the movement continues to grow. there are always new young writers, along. there are all sorts of periodicals, of course. things that are talked vibrant for any movement like that that is going to stay alive. i think generally speaking given the ups and downs of politics, it is probably in as good a shape as it ever has been. i am the chairman of the intercollegiate studies institute. others of you on this from certain to participate. again, it is an organization of students tha
the chairs in washington, made up of about 25 or 30 leaders of the conservative movement, presence of organizations, and it -- and it includes a libertarians. it includes the christian conservatives. includes the foreign-policy conservatives, neil conservatives commandery pretty much all along. i don't think there are very many things we disagree on. we discussed every issue that comes along every week, and we also have two meetings per year and bring in the heads of about 100 conservative...
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in washington, in washington, washington had about 40,000 people then as a city, 12,000 of them were black. the majority of the black people in washington, actually, in 1830 were free, were not slaves. out of the 12,000 black people, slightly more than half were free. >> what led to washington, d.c.'s first race riots in 1835? what part did francis scott key play? recount the almost forgotten chapter in american history in "snowstorm in august," part of four days of nonfiction books and authors on new year's day's booktv. up next, "after words" with the georgetown professor of history. this week, they discuss the untold history of the united states, a companion book to the documentary series. le it, they argue that u.s.
in washington, in washington, washington had about 40,000 people then as a city, 12,000 of them were black. the majority of the black people in washington, actually, in 1830 were free, were not slaves. out of the 12,000 black people, slightly more than half were free. >> what led to washington, d.c.'s first race riots in 1835? what part did francis scott key play? recount the almost forgotten chapter in american history in "snowstorm in august," part of four days of nonfiction...
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clients, in this particular collection and the washington quarters are $119. >>guest: coin collecting thing the biggest you get 90 sets down to 89 sets, this is been the most popular. we do have 88 sacks. 20 years--sets you will be $8 a set . here is the 1976 and that is all of those coins . almost $4 face value. you have to dollar coins , $3.50 coins , $3.82 face value. $15 apiece because these are gem brilliant from 1976, you pay 75¢ a coin. kennedy have dollars i have fully 77 of these available it will go very quickly. the last year of issue of regular washington quarter and 1998 because she went to state water after% that is the last united states washington corps that has the equal of the reverse3 the philadelphia minted coin in denver minted coins with the particular set , a very desirable 70¢, have lots of people on the phone and have never3 price break.over $600 if purchased separately. >>host: more people in the order in process than we do haveble there is a counter at the bottom 70 that for sellout, 214 points coming3 over a $600 value coined by q
clients, in this particular collection and the washington quarters are $119. >>guest: coin collecting thing the biggest you get 90 sets down to 89 sets, this is been the most popular. we do have 88 sacks. 20 years--sets you will be $8 a set . here is the 1976 and that is all of those coins . almost $4 face value. you have to dollar coins , $3.50 coins , $3.82 face value. $15 apiece because these are gem brilliant from 1976, you pay 75¢ a coin. kennedy have dollars i have fully 77 of...
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so they should spend more time in washington and less time raising money. people we will say, oh, but that is going to hurt them in the next election. well, what we say is that politicians to enter politics just to be stand on principle. very few people think politicians -- attracted to politics because there were the responsible people. there were attracted to politics because they want to govern, so it takes lead. takes relationships. we have this phrase which is familiarity leads attempts. it is no accident, that ted kennedy and orrin hatch crafted compromises. there were both strong partisans, but they had the spirit of compromise. then makes the mind set. that is our main description to five prescription for compromise >> but if you consider hatched he was pretty well fed by the tea party with a primary and potentially being ousted from office because of some of this compromise is. >> true. and we don't -- compromise is difficult. governing has become more and more difficult. however, if politicians, what do we remember warren has for? we robber and fo
so they should spend more time in washington and less time raising money. people we will say, oh, but that is going to hurt them in the next election. well, what we say is that politicians to enter politics just to be stand on principle. very few people think politicians -- attracted to politics because there were the responsible people. there were attracted to politics because they want to govern, so it takes lead. takes relationships. we have this phrase which is familiarity leads attempts....
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you're not getting out of washington today. you're getting left/right politics going back and forth, the media's not helping. we need to actually share information that is real, trusted and honest so we can start or having those kitchen table conversations again. only by actually getting real numbers out in the discussion do we start influencing the debate. that's one small step you could do. >> that's fabulous, and i love that, but i want to ask for an amendment also because 90% of the books that are bought are never read. so can you give us a three-page e-mail that we can send to our friends that give a summary of the book? now, i understand it won't do the whole job -- >> we have it. we have one already done. >> okay. let me just ask all of you, because i know we're having some mic problems, can people in the back hear when jason talks? you can? okay, fine. >> all right. >> not very well? >> here's what i'm going to do, i'm going to bring everybody up here. we're going to get really cozy. oh, you've got another mic? maybe it
you're not getting out of washington today. you're getting left/right politics going back and forth, the media's not helping. we need to actually share information that is real, trusted and honest so we can start or having those kitchen table conversations again. only by actually getting real numbers out in the discussion do we start influencing the debate. that's one small step you could do. >> that's fabulous, and i love that, but i want to ask for an amendment also because 90% of the...
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with washington about whether he would become secretary of state. and as ever, james madison -- who was kind of jefferson's unacknowledged spouse -- [laughter] he would read the letters that he wrote and say, eh -- [laughter] you know, to call him his axle rod or his rove is to understate it. madison really did a lot there. he became secretary of state. and by the time he got to new york, france and the french revolution had already become this hugely important issue domestically in american politics. but even in the early days was for it, even john marshall said, you know, this was -- everyone believed that our revolutions were linked. and he pressed for a pro-french disposition in the washington administration as he could get. as it grew more violent and more violent, he -- one wishes he had grown more explicitly skeptical. but he tended to idealize what had happened. i think because he was there and then he wasn't, if that makes sense, i think he had -- i don't mean to sound too odd about this, but i think he had absorbed the possibilities in a s
with washington about whether he would become secretary of state. and as ever, james madison -- who was kind of jefferson's unacknowledged spouse -- [laughter] he would read the letters that he wrote and say, eh -- [laughter] you know, to call him his axle rod or his rove is to understate it. madison really did a lot there. he became secretary of state. and by the time he got to new york, france and the french revolution had already become this hugely important issue domestically in american...
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i cannot and i got a good rate to stay at the mayflower hotel in washington, d.c.. i went over the next morning to interview bill and we were making chit chat and he asked me what i would say the night before and i would say the mayflower and how nice it was and he would save the hotel and as a matter of fact the tone of voice said you know in 1948 when i clerked, they wouldn't serve me at the mayflower. and he started telling me the story about lunch time when he and his clerk who would go on to hold more cabinet positions in the modern american history for lunch outing and a couple minutes before they were going to leave, she came back in the chambers and rushed into the chambers and there was a hushed conversation and frankfurter came out and was highly agitated and close to tears and at that point eliot announced we need to get done some work whittled we go down to the union station which happened to coin the bill on one of the few places in town that would serve people of color in 1948. for me, that crystallizes why i enjoyed studying bill wall clerks. it's per
i cannot and i got a good rate to stay at the mayflower hotel in washington, d.c.. i went over the next morning to interview bill and we were making chit chat and he asked me what i would say the night before and i would say the mayflower and how nice it was and he would save the hotel and as a matter of fact the tone of voice said you know in 1948 when i clerked, they wouldn't serve me at the mayflower. and he started telling me the story about lunch time when he and his clerk who would go on...
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i grew up in washington d.c. during the crack wars, the crackhead mayor, columbia heights before it got a metro station and the target. in that journey from very political black power family and the legacy of my ancestors through the crack wars, that is the backbone of the book. and there are lessons learned along the way, have to be the black friend, have to speak for all black people which are often asked to represent everybody we sort of kind of maybe look like. have to be the next black president which is very applicable during this particular season. this book contains those lessons plus interviews with some black experts identified, people have been black their entire lives as well who really know what they're talking about. >> when you graduated from college and their mother said, we get it, is that an example of being black? >> that was an example of being both proud and brought the generous for what we meant. when she said that i think she was talking bofa about our efforts as a very tiny family to me an
i grew up in washington d.c. during the crack wars, the crackhead mayor, columbia heights before it got a metro station and the target. in that journey from very political black power family and the legacy of my ancestors through the crack wars, that is the backbone of the book. and there are lessons learned along the way, have to be the black friend, have to speak for all black people which are often asked to represent everybody we sort of kind of maybe look like. have to be the next black...
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washington ordered french to leave. french refused. in the following spring, washington returned with troops and attacked. again, most americans don't know the story, but washington fired the first shot in what became the world's first true world war. his attack on the french in the western pennsylvania wilderness grew into a global conflict lasting seven years, involve england, franch, austria, russia, prussia, and dozen other nations fighting for control over colonies in north america, africa, asia, and the seas in between. the seven years war changed the map of the world shifting national borders in europe, in africa, in india, and elsewhere. it leveled thousands of towns and villages in europe. killed or maimed more than a million soldiers and civilians, and bankrupted a dozen nations including england and france. remember, it started in britain's north american colonies, and the british government and british people naturally thought british subjects in british north america should share the costs of the war with their fellow citi
washington ordered french to leave. french refused. in the following spring, washington returned with troops and attacked. again, most americans don't know the story, but washington fired the first shot in what became the world's first true world war. his attack on the french in the western pennsylvania wilderness grew into a global conflict lasting seven years, involve england, franch, austria, russia, prussia, and dozen other nations fighting for control over colonies in north america,...
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denison stood dead center of the fledgling city, and the east side of the corner of washington street, from roof to ground, this genie of all catastrophes was igniteability personified seated with cotton fabric and roof as roads are, even paintings on the canvas walls were executed in oil. throughout october and november, the palace had stacked as an oil soaked rag ready to burst into flame at the touch of a match. 5:45 a.m. when the fledgling blaze was first noticed, a mild alarm was disseminated from the saloons, most of them had been preparing to open in five hours. virtually no wind stirred. that was unusual and fortuitous since the greatest threat to the city would be an aggressive wind off of the sea fanning the flames. at first the fire crawled as the alarm -- mailing across the square. the news was met by silence in the city hotel on the southwest corner of tourney street. there was a large adobe general merchandise store on the southeast corner and a crockett building on the northeast corner. by davies were busy hub is. the gambling rooms and saloons had closed at new dawn an
denison stood dead center of the fledgling city, and the east side of the corner of washington street, from roof to ground, this genie of all catastrophes was igniteability personified seated with cotton fabric and roof as roads are, even paintings on the canvas walls were executed in oil. throughout october and november, the palace had stacked as an oil soaked rag ready to burst into flame at the touch of a match. 5:45 a.m. when the fledgling blaze was first noticed, a mild alarm was...
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transformative change, and even most of the proposals for reform offered by progressives in washington today, will not be possible without a new politics in america. so a pro-democracy political reform and building a new, progressive movement in america must be priority number one. in the end, it all comes down the to the american people and the strong possibility that we still have it in us to use our freedom and our democracy in powerful ways to create something fine; a reborn america for our children and grandchildren. we can realize the new american dream, an america the possible, if enough of us join together in the fight for it. this new dream envisionses an america where the pursuit of happiness is sought not in more getting and spending, but in the growth of human solidarity, in real democracy, in devotion to the public good where the average american is empowered to achieve his or her human potential, where the benefits of economic activity are widely and equitably shared and where the environment is sustained by current, for current and future generations and where the virtue
transformative change, and even most of the proposals for reform offered by progressives in washington today, will not be possible without a new politics in america. so a pro-democracy political reform and building a new, progressive movement in america must be priority number one. in the end, it all comes down the to the american people and the strong possibility that we still have it in us to use our freedom and our democracy in powerful ways to create something fine; a reborn america for our...
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after some newspaper reporters tracked down an 11 washington. but there were other -- one of the great documents i found was from 1957 when thurmond gave his filibuster, yeah, for 24 hours in 1 18 minutes, there was an im published in the african-american university, the chicago defender. and the bulk of the item was puzzling over how was the thurmond was able to speak for 24 hours and 18 minutes with only one bathroom break. you've got to keep your voice lubricated. you've got to keep drinking water. the story the thurmond told to the press was he had gone down to the senate steam room and had intentionally dehydrated himself so when he drank water his body would absorb it like a sponge. i asked a urologist friend of mine about the viability of that, and he was pretty dubious. but that's the story but that's the story that's always been told. what was interesting about the peace in the african-american newspaper, the chicago defender, they said that the rumor around the capitol hill was that thurmond had been outfitted with a device designed fo
after some newspaper reporters tracked down an 11 washington. but there were other -- one of the great documents i found was from 1957 when thurmond gave his filibuster, yeah, for 24 hours in 1 18 minutes, there was an im published in the african-american university, the chicago defender. and the bulk of the item was puzzling over how was the thurmond was able to speak for 24 hours and 18 minutes with only one bathroom break. you've got to keep your voice lubricated. you've got to keep drinking...
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in washington -- washington had 30 thousands people then as a city. 12,000 were black. the majority of the people in 1830 were free, were not slaves out of the 12,000 people, slightly more than half were free. >> what led to washington, d.c.'s first race riots in 1835? what part did francis scott key play? jefferson recounts this almost forgotten chapter in history in "snowstorm in august" on c-span2's booktv.org. >> we don't know whether franklin roosevelt heard about forest greenberg's unprecedented call for health care as a right because even though he had endorsed the conference, he chose that time to go on vacation. frksz dr was actually on a cruise. it was probably a well-deserved vacation. three years earlier, he refused to include medical coverage because he didn't want to antagonize the american medical profession. he did send a message of support to the health department corchtion, but not long afterwards, the outbreak of world war ii forced the president's attention elsewhere. fives year later, january 11, 1944 in the state of the union address, roosevelt spo
in washington -- washington had 30 thousands people then as a city. 12,000 were black. the majority of the people in 1830 were free, were not slaves out of the 12,000 people, slightly more than half were free. >> what led to washington, d.c.'s first race riots in 1835? what part did francis scott key play? jefferson recounts this almost forgotten chapter in history in "snowstorm in august" on c-span2's booktv.org. >> we don't know whether franklin roosevelt heard about...
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on the east side of the corner of kearney and washington streets. from roof to ground, this g of all catastrophe was ignite about personified. ceiling with painted cotton fabric and roof with road tar, even the paintings on its unbleached canvas walls were executed in oil. throughout october and november the wagering palace had sat plum as an oil-soaked rag, ready to burst into flame at the touch of a match. 5:45 a.m. when the fledgling blaze was first noticed, a mild sort of alarm was disseminated among the saloons. of most of them had already been preparing to open in five hours. virtually no wind stirred. which in itself was unusual and fortuitous since the greatest threat to the city would have been an aggressive wind off the sea fanning the flames. at first the fire crawled as the half-hearted alarm ambled lazily across the square. the news was met by silence at the city hotel on the southwest corner of clay and kearney streets. there was a large adobe general merchandise store on the southeast corner. and the correct building on the northeast
on the east side of the corner of kearney and washington streets. from roof to ground, this g of all catastrophe was ignite about personified. ceiling with painted cotton fabric and roof with road tar, even the paintings on its unbleached canvas walls were executed in oil. throughout october and november the wagering palace had sat plum as an oil-soaked rag, ready to burst into flame at the touch of a match. 5:45 a.m. when the fledgling blaze was first noticed, a mild sort of alarm was...
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and tonight we're at the national press club in washington, d.c. for their annual office night and we're pleased to be joined here by robert merry, was the author of "where they stand." do we tend to like our president's? >> i think the american people love the president. they love the presidency. but when have a president that has not succeeded, as they judge a failure, they very unsentimental he cast them aside. that's her sister to that's what they were invited to you by the founders and by the constitution. >> we have short patients because we have patience with the american people understand that the constitution gave him hiring and firing authority over these guys every four years. so if it was six years or eight years it would be a lot of impatience and elected. but for years as a pretty good timeframe. so they can feel pretty comfortable making the judgments. >> how much control do presidents have over their own destinies and over what happens during their administrations? >> a successful president may have a lot of luck, but by and large h
and tonight we're at the national press club in washington, d.c. for their annual office night and we're pleased to be joined here by robert merry, was the author of "where they stand." do we tend to like our president's? >> i think the american people love the president. they love the presidency. but when have a president that has not succeeded, as they judge a failure, they very unsentimental he cast them aside. that's her sister to that's what they were invited to you by the...
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washington doesn't tax too little. it spends too much. until we recognize that and deal with what is driving federal spending, we are going to continue to saddle future generations with more debt, with more liabilities, with a lower standard of living and a lower quality of life than we've experienced and that is not fair to emthis. it's time for us to demonstrate the political courage that is mess to take on the big -- the political courage that is necessary to take on the big issues and have the a vote. late put it on the floor and let's vote on t let's do something around here that matters, that is meaningful to the future of this country. rather than wait until the last day and the last hour and allow two people to sit in a room and decide the fate and the future of this great country. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. paul: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: something you may have heard, there's something called the fiscal cliff aproposing. and we must do something about it or we will go ov
washington doesn't tax too little. it spends too much. until we recognize that and deal with what is driving federal spending, we are going to continue to saddle future generations with more debt, with more liabilities, with a lower standard of living and a lower quality of life than we've experienced and that is not fair to emthis. it's time for us to demonstrate the political courage that is mess to take on the big -- the political courage that is necessary to take on the big issues and have...
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it's dawn on inauguration day in washington, d.c. to be a huge amount of people gather on the washington mall. in 2009 was all the way from the capitol all the way to the lincoln memorial. we just lost our picture. there we go. and there of course for the inauguration. people gather to watch and other places as well. in a times square in new york city and in classrooms around the country in paris and iraq, in afghanistan people are watching the u.s. presidential inauguration. they've all come there. there is a big crowd on the mall. ayaan going to speak to you today about this great historic subject, this great american institution. and i am going to do it in the same way in which i organized the book. the book is not chronological. it's not divided that starts off with george washington and then john adams and guinn for the president. instead, its slash the various parts of the day, and within each part of the day i sprinkle with vignettes some of the very serious and some of them traditional. a lot of them are all events because i'
it's dawn on inauguration day in washington, d.c. to be a huge amount of people gather on the washington mall. in 2009 was all the way from the capitol all the way to the lincoln memorial. we just lost our picture. there we go. and there of course for the inauguration. people gather to watch and other places as well. in a times square in new york city and in classrooms around the country in paris and iraq, in afghanistan people are watching the u.s. presidential inauguration. they've all come...
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what's the quincy, washington, story? >> guest: well, the story we set out to tell there was just sort of microsoft comes to town, you know? it's a small town, around 7,000 people. it has one quality that sets it apart from a lot of other small towns, and that's that it sits near the columbia river and a couple of hydroelectric dams that produce continuous and cheap power. so microsoft came to town in 2005 or so, 2006, and what the story sort of shows is that while you have this, um, kind of green, again, up to the minute corporate image of what a digital company like microsoft -- they're certainly not alone here -- what that sort of company is, it's really a lot more like a traditional industry coming to town when you're on the ground living next to it. it uses power, it uses a lot of power, throws its elbows around when it wants to, you know, sort of get its way as we described in one sort of telling incident there in the piece. and not that they're all that much better or worse, let's say, than some other industry you
what's the quincy, washington, story? >> guest: well, the story we set out to tell there was just sort of microsoft comes to town, you know? it's a small town, around 7,000 people. it has one quality that sets it apart from a lot of other small towns, and that's that it sits near the columbia river and a couple of hydroelectric dams that produce continuous and cheap power. so microsoft came to town in 2005 or so, 2006, and what the story sort of shows is that while you have this, um, kind...
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one of which in washington is almost been totally discredited because they really haven't included a broad swath of the opposition, broad enough that would have legitimacy with the opposition back in syria itself. but there are some attempts and people are thinking about these things-perhaps because of what happened in iraq in 2003. >> wonderful. one more. yes, please. >> what this likelihood that the regime will use chemical weapons and what should we or could we do if they do? >> good question. that's one of the questions that no one has an answer, understand what circumstances would the regime use chemical weapons. i suspect they don't want to use them because that would galvanize the exact international response they're trying to avoid. the don't want this type of mass blood-letting that will compel the international community to intervene much more assertively than it has. so i don't think they're going to use chemical weapons. the fear is, though, if the regime -- if the opposition gains the upper hand, if the regime is on its last legs will they want to go down in flames or wi
one of which in washington is almost been totally discredited because they really haven't included a broad swath of the opposition, broad enough that would have legitimacy with the opposition back in syria itself. but there are some attempts and people are thinking about these things-perhaps because of what happened in iraq in 2003. >> wonderful. one more. yes, please. >> what this likelihood that the regime will use chemical weapons and what should we or could we do if they do?...
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the premise of that first book. >> the first book was the tea party goes to washington. it was about the tea party movement. i think it was an extraordinary movement, probably the biggest movement to happen in politics and our country in 40 years. a lot of people were showing up. hundreds of thousands of people showed up rallies, and it transformed the way we think about things in the sense that people began to question whether or not long that was passed by washington, obamacare as one
the premise of that first book. >> the first book was the tea party goes to washington. it was about the tea party movement. i think it was an extraordinary movement, probably the biggest movement to happen in politics and our country in 40 years. a lot of people were showing up. hundreds of thousands of people showed up rallies, and it transformed the way we think about things in the sense that people began to question whether or not long that was passed by washington, obamacare as one
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and washington outside the state department is only a little bit better. so when you start talking about who's an anti-semite, the better question is what kind of an anti-semite, okay? i had to define for pis -- for myself what anti-semite means. and i defined it as someone who believes that there's something in the genetic makeup of blood of jews that makes them sinister, corrupt and unable or or committed to destroying christian morality. lindbergh was an anti-semite. henry ford was an anti-semite. lady astor was an anti-semite according to this definition which became my definition. breckenridge law who was in the state department and ran the refugee program and kept out hundreds of thousands has as much blood on his hands as most germans, was an anti-semite. kennedy was not in that sense. but what kennedy was was kennedy as time went on absorbed every anti-semitic myth, every anti-semitic mythology. he used language, made speeches that were virulently and frighteningly anti-semitic. he believed that the organized jewish community -- not all jews, but t
and washington outside the state department is only a little bit better. so when you start talking about who's an anti-semite, the better question is what kind of an anti-semite, okay? i had to define for pis -- for myself what anti-semite means. and i defined it as someone who believes that there's something in the genetic makeup of blood of jews that makes them sinister, corrupt and unable or or committed to destroying christian morality. lindbergh was an anti-semite. henry ford was an...
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another sitting in the fall out chairs along the border playing share if this is where politicians from washington come to talk tough about the border keeping america safe. they don't actually come here with a circle the helicopters and then drive to the ranch areas feeding on the summer in their role county. one day they build taller fence and hire more agents and make it impossible to drive north without going to the border patrol agent check ports with dogs. nothing stops the flow of cubans going north. for years i walked mountains, the mountains and have taken note of your and try to differentiate between the mountain lion skat and the wildcat mines along the trail with a detailed and drilling down the hill. i think of all of the souls that what the mountains at night and the ones that scratched the hole in the mountain hoping to make small fortunes. some did but most did not and most of them died early. all this heavy-metal might be easier to forget if i hadn't heard heard the rumors that they would reopen the mine which would effectively alter the economic and cultural landscape of the town.
another sitting in the fall out chairs along the border playing share if this is where politicians from washington come to talk tough about the border keeping america safe. they don't actually come here with a circle the helicopters and then drive to the ranch areas feeding on the summer in their role county. one day they build taller fence and hire more agents and make it impossible to drive north without going to the border patrol agent check ports with dogs. nothing stops the flow of cubans...
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washington from one in the pennsylvania avenue to the other, we have never seen it this dysfunctional. the dysfunction is that a critical mass and we felt we had to speak out about how the problem is and is the book says even worse than it looks. it never looks good and we have to talk about who is at fault in what we can do to get out of it. half the book is about how we been get out of this mess. >> the argument basically is twofold. one, we have now polarized political parties. internally, homogeneous, very much at loggerheads, much like elementary parties, the eminently oppositional. they have to work in a constitutional system based on separation of powers and checks and balances. the mismatch between our parties and our governing institutions is problem number one. problem number two, which is the toughest thing for us to say, and for many people to hear, is that the parties are not equally implicated in this. we have something called asymmetric polarization in which the republican party has in recent years become almost a radical insurgency, quite prepared to repeal 100 years w
washington from one in the pennsylvania avenue to the other, we have never seen it this dysfunctional. the dysfunction is that a critical mass and we felt we had to speak out about how the problem is and is the book says even worse than it looks. it never looks good and we have to talk about who is at fault in what we can do to get out of it. half the book is about how we been get out of this mess. >> the argument basically is twofold. one, we have now polarized political parties....
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i came up, got a good rate to stay at the a mayflower hotel near washington, dc. and i went over to interview bill, and we we are making chit-chat, and bill asked me where i stayed the night before. and i told him the mayflower and how nice it was and harry truman's favorite hotel, and bill said, you know, in 1948, when i clerked for sf, they wouldn't serve me at the mayflower. and he started telling me a story about lunchtime, when he and his co-clerk, elliott richardson, who would go on to hold more cab it in positions than anyone in american history -- were planning a lunch outing and decided to go to the mayflower. a couple minutes before they were going to leave, el yet came back to chambers and rushed into sf's chambers and there was a hushed conversation, and franklin came out close to tears and at that point elliott said, let's just go to union station, which is one of the only three people in town that would serve people of color in 1948. for he mat crystallizes why i enjoy studying law clerks. it's personalities, not only the justices and the clerk, cler
i came up, got a good rate to stay at the a mayflower hotel near washington, dc. and i went over to interview bill, and we we are making chit-chat, and bill asked me where i stayed the night before. and i told him the mayflower and how nice it was and harry truman's favorite hotel, and bill said, you know, in 1948, when i clerked for sf, they wouldn't serve me at the mayflower. and he started telling me a story about lunchtime, when he and his co-clerk, elliott richardson, who would go on to...
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he was really itching to get back to washington, back to the action. just after nixon was elected, oakley hunter sent a letter to rose mary woods, nixon's secretary. i guess you would say my special field is housing and urban development. there are very few republicans in the field and even fewer who would care to be in a lifeboat with one. i like the ending list a healthy, you are photographing well. hunter was always a lady's and. loved to party. i can show you exclusively a party favor, fannie mae party in that era. hunter also bought a new headquarters for fannie mae. some people said it was the sort of palace louis xiv would have built if he had the money. during nixon's first year in office the fed was fighting inflation. interest-rate wind up and housing starts came down 40%. nixon declared a crisis situation in housing and the solution was more fannie mae. we got a hot -- home financing act of 1970 creating a second government chartered mortgage company freddie mac designed to cater to the s&l industry and more importantly allowed both fannie a
he was really itching to get back to washington, back to the action. just after nixon was elected, oakley hunter sent a letter to rose mary woods, nixon's secretary. i guess you would say my special field is housing and urban development. there are very few republicans in the field and even fewer who would care to be in a lifeboat with one. i like the ending list a healthy, you are photographing well. hunter was always a lady's and. loved to party. i can show you exclusively a party favor,...
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let me go back and remember a little bit when i first came to washington after my doctorate and one of the first books i was exposed to was tom's book titled the state of ridge, where the government sponsored enterprise in the financial crisis, clearly tom was years ahead of his time at his predictions turned out to be all too accurate. a very long track record of being one of the 04 most forecasters of the state of the financial-services industry but when he is not writing books he spends his time as a fellow at the center for dance to governmental studies at johns hopkins university. tom also served as staff on the financial crisis inquiry commission and in my opinion there are a few things i would disagree with the commission's findings one thing i know for certain is the commission's report was stronger because of tom's involvement. the book is also informed largely by tom's experience on commission staff. we are fortunate to have with us alex pollock to offer his thoughts on the book. alex is resident fellow at the american enterprise institute. i got to know alex a decade ago whe
let me go back and remember a little bit when i first came to washington after my doctorate and one of the first books i was exposed to was tom's book titled the state of ridge, where the government sponsored enterprise in the financial crisis, clearly tom was years ahead of his time at his predictions turned out to be all too accurate. a very long track record of being one of the 04 most forecasters of the state of the financial-services industry but when he is not writing books he spends his...
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so i am watching my cohorts in washington d.c. the people making policy for both parties, these are people who have never studied the critique of capitalism and have no knowledge of any general systematic way about the system's instability. it was believed these instabilities were behind us. we learned the great depression how to manage everything so we do need these courses anymore. they were gone. if you were wondering one of the reasons such a poor job is being done these days in managing this crisis, why isn't it already over, it is not the only answer but part of the answer is they don't know. they just don't know. they didn't want to think they would have this problem so when the problem arises they are not real good at it. we are not in good shape as an economic system and we are not in good shape as the people running it. that is why we need stimulus after stimulus and quantitative easing after quantitative easing and everybody wonders what is happening and no one is sure. the system is not under control. whether it is goi
so i am watching my cohorts in washington d.c. the people making policy for both parties, these are people who have never studied the critique of capitalism and have no knowledge of any general systematic way about the system's instability. it was believed these instabilities were behind us. we learned the great depression how to manage everything so we do need these courses anymore. they were gone. if you were wondering one of the reasons such a poor job is being done these days in managing...
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so he said: i was once told by the head of a prestigious think tank in washington, d.c. that the think tank's board was very unlikely to fund any work that had income or wealth inequality in its title. yes, they would finance anything to do with poverty alleviation, but any quality was an altogether -- inequality was an altogether different matter. why? because my concern with the poverty of some people actually projects me in a very nice, warm glow. i am ready to use my money to help them. charity is a good thing, a lot of egos are boosted by it, and many ethical points earned even when only tiny amounts are begin to the poor. but inequality is different. every mention of it raises, in fact, to the issue of appropriateness or legitimacy of my income. and i think that's absolutely true. and that's why even when you have a discussion about the general issue of income ine wagty -- inequality, once you start saying, actually, a lot of action is in the top 1% or the top 0.1%, people get really anxious. and actually one of my nicest moments so far with the publication of my b
so he said: i was once told by the head of a prestigious think tank in washington, d.c. that the think tank's board was very unlikely to fund any work that had income or wealth inequality in its title. yes, they would finance anything to do with poverty alleviation, but any quality was an altogether -- inequality was an altogether different matter. why? because my concern with the poverty of some people actually projects me in a very nice, warm glow. i am ready to use my money to help them....
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paul volcker, like george washington, can't tell a lie. and he says, all right. and the all right response, in fact, confirmed the hidden agenda. what was the hidden agenda? to maintain painfully-high interest rates, to convince congress to curtail the budget deficit so that monetary policy could eventually ease up. the day after the bill just as final confirmation, the day after the bill was passed senator phil graham, who was the architect of the balanced budget amendment, called paul volcker and says, okay, now that we have the budget under control, do you think we can have an easier monetary policy? and volcker answers, we'll see. now, that's a typical central banker's response. and that brings me, of course, to today and the immediate future. the current full employment budget deficit is about 5% of gnp. 5% of national economic activity. it is a number that is eerily similar to the reagan era budget deficits. and ben bernanke is going to need lots of help in engineering an economic recovery without inflation. the volcker fed raised interest rates after years
paul volcker, like george washington, can't tell a lie. and he says, all right. and the all right response, in fact, confirmed the hidden agenda. what was the hidden agenda? to maintain painfully-high interest rates, to convince congress to curtail the budget deficit so that monetary policy could eventually ease up. the day after the bill just as final confirmation, the day after the bill was passed senator phil graham, who was the architect of the balanced budget amendment, called paul volcker...
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, i think, no one should go to washington without reading that book. [laughter] max boot, in the times when laws and rules and principles of strategy seem to be overwhelmed or out of date, he's become thee authoritative voice on military affairs always with amazing, consistent, unquestioned integrity, which is also kind of a rarity in the field which is marked often by to littization, and we are looking forward to more work. jay, who i just met a moment ago, i think we all here realize that serious thought an international affairs requires the widest range of reference that you can't just focus on one corner of the strategic realm, and you see his name, the authors line, you know you're about to get something with tremendous explanatory power, and with writings that go across the culture of the country and the arts. calling into account that annual fraud, the nobel peace prize -- [laughter] after they call it, nobody can ever say "nobel peace prize" again without saying so ironically. i'll turn it over to them, and i think we'll start with elliot, if t
, i think, no one should go to washington without reading that book. [laughter] max boot, in the times when laws and rules and principles of strategy seem to be overwhelmed or out of date, he's become thee authoritative voice on military affairs always with amazing, consistent, unquestioned integrity, which is also kind of a rarity in the field which is marked often by to littization, and we are looking forward to more work. jay, who i just met a moment ago, i think we all here realize that...
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shadid was a reporter for a long time for "the washington post" and the "new york times" and died related to an as ma -- asthma attack covering the civil war in syria. he grew up in oklahoma, of all places, an american-lebanese family. he ended up fascinated by the middle east, became a reporter, and the life mission was to try to explain this region to americans, which is no easy thing to do. he covered his -- more than his share of wars issue and in the course of that, sort of his first marriage fell apart because he was always overseas covering the war. he ends up buying his family's old ramshackled house somewhere in lebanon. i forget the name of the village, and takes a year off to restore the house. it sounds like a movie, almost, which he does with great difficulty. the book, his memoir, blends in both lebanese history, and it's glorious past, which is sadly been destroyed through civil war, as well as his own personal story so we sort of -- it was -- shortly before the book came out, he died. he was no more than 40 or 45. >> host: sarah weinman? >> guest: well, i feel like in look
shadid was a reporter for a long time for "the washington post" and the "new york times" and died related to an as ma -- asthma attack covering the civil war in syria. he grew up in oklahoma, of all places, an american-lebanese family. he ended up fascinated by the middle east, became a reporter, and the life mission was to try to explain this region to americans, which is no easy thing to do. he covered his -- more than his share of wars issue and in the course of that,...
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i went to washington and the senator and i had his two dogs had lunch together. on monday his stocks came to the senate because the senate wasn't in session and they could roam and play in the senate. that's a weird site, believe me. we were brought into a tiny little conference room for two dogs, senator and me with the card table and the senator, who was always on the target. they believed he would feel better the center he was, had the most bedraggled sandwich i've ever seen, like a sliver of tuna fish that looked as old as he was end on a piece of bread. i had two pieces of red in potato chips. we talked for three, four hours. but i remember saying over and over again is you don't want me to write this book because i'm an historian and i'm going to find stuff. whatever i find, i'm going to put the book. and who knows, but by the time this book comes out, there might be a kennedy running for office. little did i know that that kennedy's name would be joseph p. kennedy to third, who ran for and the select it to the congress. the outcome of the election came bef
i went to washington and the senator and i had his two dogs had lunch together. on monday his stocks came to the senate because the senate wasn't in session and they could roam and play in the senate. that's a weird site, believe me. we were brought into a tiny little conference room for two dogs, senator and me with the card table and the senator, who was always on the target. they believed he would feel better the center he was, had the most bedraggled sandwich i've ever seen, like a sliver...
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now, just two weeks after clay's speech, the 30th congress convened in washington. guess who was there? abraham lincoln. he heard clay speech in lexington because he was visiting the town on his way from springfield to washington dc. he was visiting his wife's family in lexington. and this was a tremendous thing for abraham lincoln. lincoln had always idolized clay. he called him his ideal politician, and to have the opportunity to actually hear him speak was a huge thing for him. when lincoln was young, he carried around a book of clay's speech is. and when he was a young man and a legislator, he asked henry clay to come speak in springfield, and clay didn't come. this was his opportunity to meet the politician that he respected and admired the most. and he heard clay and his speech against the war. perhaps it isn't surprising that when he gets to washington, instead of talking about terrorists or any of the economic issues, that motivated him as a politician. and he decides to oppose the war. what are known as spot resolutions. so he gets up and called the preside
now, just two weeks after clay's speech, the 30th congress convened in washington. guess who was there? abraham lincoln. he heard clay speech in lexington because he was visiting the town on his way from springfield to washington dc. he was visiting his wife's family in lexington. and this was a tremendous thing for abraham lincoln. lincoln had always idolized clay. he called him his ideal politician, and to have the opportunity to actually hear him speak was a huge thing for him. when lincoln...
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was a lawyer and was planning to do that for my career in washington. was plucked to be general counsel of the parent company of abc back in 81. i did that for a few years. through a roundabout way i ended up becoming president of abc news. it's not something i ever saw to do. even when what to do it i did it because we need secession plant because we needed secession plan and his i thought i would do it for a couple of years. the biggest surprise was that came to absolutely love it. i've met some wonderful jobs. i've been very blessed, but been any news organization like abc news, much less running it is a rare privilege. that's part of the reason i wrote the book is, people have not had that experience, some sense what it is like. >> how do you get to go to the supreme court? what was that process? what did you learn at the supreme court that helped you run abc? >> as i said it went to michigan undergraduate, and sort of wandered into the law. i was fortunate because is a great law school. like the one you have here at university of texas, austin. i d
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what is your impression of washington when it comes to policy? >> guest: i should say that it's not something i have covered very closely at all. in fact, my interest runs more towards the way the internet smells and why it's in one place rather than another. this is not a book about technology policy. that said, what was striking to me very often was the disconnect between the way in which some of the policy conversations about for example the neutrality, were happening compared to the way the network engineers talk about them. there was a moment with the sofa and hit the debate about a year ago now where i was confused confused why only network engineer sources were not up in arms about this. there was no chatter, they were ignoring it and it was so crazy. if it actually happened we would be -- and it seemed to me as if airline pilots were suddenly asked to fly their planes upside down and the disconnect of that would create. having stockholm syndrome with my internet captors, you see the internet through their eyes and i have not yet immersed
what is your impression of washington when it comes to policy? >> guest: i should say that it's not something i have covered very closely at all. in fact, my interest runs more towards the way the internet smells and why it's in one place rather than another. this is not a book about technology policy. that said, what was striking to me very often was the disconnect between the way in which some of the policy conversations about for example the neutrality, were happening compared to the...
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in minnesota, and in maine, and they span the spectrum, and in two states, washington and maryland, the legislature passed gay marriage, now going to the voters to veto it or affirm the legislature's decision. in minnesota, they are voting on a marriage amendment saying marriage is one man and one woman, 30 some-odd states passed similar legislation, and in maine, for the figure time, trying to pass gay marriage. will be an interesting election for those of us who watch marriage, and, yet, you know, up until this year, gay marriage has never won any open vote. given this is a real question. given the simple and beautiful case you lay out for gay marriage, why do you think it has not -- why are there so many people who really are not on board with this gay marriage thing? >> guest: it's a fair question, but i don't like it when you call it the "gay marriage thing" because it sounds trendy. >> host: i thought you told us it was a trend. >> guest: i didn't mean it that way, but a trend of the -- i think people are afraid of the unknown. i think that, frankly, your side has been much be
in minnesota, and in maine, and they span the spectrum, and in two states, washington and maryland, the legislature passed gay marriage, now going to the voters to veto it or affirm the legislature's decision. in minnesota, they are voting on a marriage amendment saying marriage is one man and one woman, 30 some-odd states passed similar legislation, and in maine, for the figure time, trying to pass gay marriage. will be an interesting election for those of us who watch marriage, and, yet, you...
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the last time i took the train from washington was to see bill at stanford some years ago. i used to take a all the time to come back and forth, lived outside washington at the time and i always enjoyed writing kindly and i talked about this earlier. the only problem was you had to go through new york and i am always reminded of a little girl who was trying to say the lord's friend got confused and said lead us not into temptation. true or words were never spoken. it is a little better than it used to be. i read "witness" shortly after it came out. it came out when i was a sophomore. i didn't read it at the time, i read and reread it, in rewards careful study. i have approached it as a new book i co-authored that just came out in which chambers the merges as a central character which was not my intention when i began but the more i look into matters the more i realized chambers was a critical figure -- -- his look among other things apart from literary merits, it is a history of domestic coal, one of the best. it is not only history but a source, he was a primary source and
the last time i took the train from washington was to see bill at stanford some years ago. i used to take a all the time to come back and forth, lived outside washington at the time and i always enjoyed writing kindly and i talked about this earlier. the only problem was you had to go through new york and i am always reminded of a little girl who was trying to say the lord's friend got confused and said lead us not into temptation. true or words were never spoken. it is a little better than it...
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-- bangkok and in washington. but when they did start distributing soldiers, the king made it clear he supported the venture, he bid farewell, sponsored a lot of the celebrations that marked the departure of these troops to south vietnam. he showed a direct personal interest in their well being, h visited the injured soldiers in back, heded over funeral ceremonies for them at these royal-sponsored temples. so from the very beginning the king of thailand was involved in this and supporting it. as to say whether he ghei his blessing or not would it still go forward, i don't know, but pretty much it's hard to imagin without his support such a thing taking place. >> currently what kind of relationship does the u.s. military have with the thai military? >> guest: well, the u.s. still has a very close with the royal thai army. this is something that hasn changed since the vietnam war. we have regular annual exerci with the thais and other region
-- bangkok and in washington. but when they did start distributing soldiers, the king made it clear he supported the venture, he bid farewell, sponsored a lot of the celebrations that marked the departure of these troops to south vietnam. he showed a direct personal interest in their well being, h visited the injured soldiers in back, heded over funeral ceremonies for them at these royal-sponsored temples. so from the very beginning the king of...
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washington was in town all the time, lafayette, phillip schuyler, one of the generals of the revolution, lived in albany, and so on. benjamin franklin and so on and so on and so on in the history of those years. and then in the early 19th century albany became the terminus of the erie canal. the way west. we'd always been a crossroads. we were the end of the river. henry hudson came up the river in 1607. he couldn't go any further than these rocky-bottomed shallows, and it was -- what was, where he dropped anchor turned out to be albany eventually. albany is like all of the great eastern cities in its formations. all of the european immigration, the dutch first and then the english and then the germans and then the irish, they came in fantastic numbers into new york, philadelphia, boston and so on and albany. banalny had so much -- albany had so many irish that they couldn't handle it during the famine. they closed our borders and would not let any more people come in, there were so many people coming into our city. eventually, the irish became dominant in the 19th century in numbers. i
washington was in town all the time, lafayette, phillip schuyler, one of the generals of the revolution, lived in albany, and so on. benjamin franklin and so on and so on and so on in the history of those years. and then in the early 19th century albany became the terminus of the erie canal. the way west. we'd always been a crossroads. we were the end of the river. henry hudson came up the river in 1607. he couldn't go any further than these rocky-bottomed shallows, and it was -- what was,...
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and i remember distinguished, for example, coming to washington in the summer of 1998 to attend a seminar that ralph nader was sponsoring. he, too, was very much a critic. and so the criticism that was being leveled at fannie mae which really coming from both sides, although admittedly conservatives were more on top of it then the democrats and the liberals. the concern in addition to cultural changes that i saw was a result of changes that were going on inside of fannie mae, and freddie mac to a lesser extent. bob has done a marvelous job of tracing its history and the evolution in the book. and for me it was something like a trip down memory lane, to read his book. because i kept running into names of people like ray laptop, roger berg, all of the people who are involved in the agency, and running it. one summer i read buchanan's book, james buchanan, the nobel laureate, in economic science, and got turned on to the concept of public choice theory. and that was another alarm bell for me, because it gave me another perspective in which to look at what was going on inside of washington. i
and i remember distinguished, for example, coming to washington in the summer of 1998 to attend a seminar that ralph nader was sponsoring. he, too, was very much a critic. and so the criticism that was being leveled at fannie mae which really coming from both sides, although admittedly conservatives were more on top of it then the democrats and the liberals. the concern in addition to cultural changes that i saw was a result of changes that were going on inside of fannie mae, and freddie mac to...
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i went to the university of washington in 2004 and i got my ph.d. in 2010 and then i immediately became an editor of science and i was in the real world for two years. so, my personal science philosophy is rather straightforward and simple. if you're not an expert it is best to accept the mainstream science. it should always come before politics. and that means ideology or political parties are not beyond criticism. so, in view of a plea for teen science i don't country talk playing for the team right or blue but for science and i think we should always try to purge antiscientific thinking even if it comes from our friends and political allies. the media is very quick to cover and how scientific believes from conservatives and particular global warming and evolutions and for instance they made some rather on a montanan, the presidency and for days this is the front page story how he doesn't understand reproductive biology. however when someone on the far left does something when president barack obama says vaccines might cause autism that was ignore
i went to the university of washington in 2004 and i got my ph.d. in 2010 and then i immediately became an editor of science and i was in the real world for two years. so, my personal science philosophy is rather straightforward and simple. if you're not an expert it is best to accept the mainstream science. it should always come before politics. and that means ideology or political parties are not beyond criticism. so, in view of a plea for teen science i don't country talk playing for the...
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and the family lived in washington for some years. greener was dean at the howard university law school. he was a very distinguished lawyer and scholar, an active republican. the republicans rewarded him for his service, recruiting blacks for the party, by making him the secretary of the grant monument in new--ulysses s. grant monument in new york, and he was appointed us consul in vladivostok by mckinley and roosevelt. but at some point, around that time, in the late 1890s, the family split up and they were--he was the darkest. the mother was very light-skinned and the children were very light-skinned. so they dropped the r off the end of their name and the mother said her name was genevieve i. greene, widow, although mr. greener was very much alive. and they brought--invented the name da costa, i think, to explain their exotic looks. and belle passed as white for the rest of her life, as far as i know. i don't think morgan ever knew that she was black. c-span: what would he have done, had he known? >> guest: i don't think--this is--
and the family lived in washington for some years. greener was dean at the howard university law school. he was a very distinguished lawyer and scholar, an active republican. the republicans rewarded him for his service, recruiting blacks for the party, by making him the secretary of the grant monument in new--ulysses s. grant monument in new york, and he was appointed us consul in vladivostok by mckinley and roosevelt. but at some point, around that time, in the late 1890s, the family split up...
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he died in syria while covering syria for the washington post. his wife will be here representing him, and that's nada bachary. katherine boo has been nominated, "behind the beautiful forever," about mumbai, and anne applebaum has a book out and is scheduled on our q & a show in september. so we'll be interviewing those authors as we go. we'll be watching the red carpet here as some of the authors have their picture taken. right now we want to talk to the chairman of the national book foundation, and this is david steinberger. mr. steinbergers is also head of the become group what is the national book airport. >> given to the best american books in four categories, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people's literature, and you look at the people who have won this award, it's the pan of pantheons. saul bell wyoming. >> this began 63 years ago. do you know the history, why it began? >> it was group of people who were interested in making sure that great books had the greatest possible impact on the culture, and that's still our mission now. th
he died in syria while covering syria for the washington post. his wife will be here representing him, and that's nada bachary. katherine boo has been nominated, "behind the beautiful forever," about mumbai, and anne applebaum has a book out and is scheduled on our q & a show in september. so we'll be interviewing those authors as we go. we'll be watching the red carpet here as some of the authors have their picture taken. right now we want to talk to the chairman of the national...
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i have a lot practiced in washington for many years. i felt ultimately that i would put it together and piece it together. a magazine article and it expanded and it became what it is right now. always in my mind, i want young people to know. i want young people to know the this happened and so it took a while. my brother is a writer in new york and he was my editor for a while. i fired him three times, and i went back with the help of my wife, back into my first year of legal research because i had to certify, authorize this piece of nonfiction. i felt with a memoir you could just wing it you can't because once you start highlighting things you've got to get authority for it. you even have to get consent from the people that you put photographs and. i had a letter from james meredith right after i left, which is in the book itself and i wanted to put that in. my wife reminded me, we need his permission. i don't need his permission. he sent it to me that he didn't send us the world. i send a form letter to jackson mississippi and he sign
i have a lot practiced in washington for many years. i felt ultimately that i would put it together and piece it together. a magazine article and it expanded and it became what it is right now. always in my mind, i want young people to know. i want young people to know the this happened and so it took a while. my brother is a writer in new york and he was my editor for a while. i fired him three times, and i went back with the help of my wife, back into my first year of legal research because i...
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after its lightning ctory, washington upgraded israel's status to a strategic american asset. jewish support for israel no ngerthreatened to -- [inaudible] dual loyalty. on the contrary, it now connoted super loyalty as american jews defended on the front lines american interests against the communist third world arab hordes. the jewish state's martial prowess became a source of pride for jews for whom at that time the primary associatn of the nazi holocaust -- to the extent that it trillionerred any association -- triggered any association, was of j well,ews g like sheep to slaughter. the imageisra projected of itself alsoesonated with the st liberalism of american -- [inaudible] like the pioneers conquering the american wilderness, israel had made the desert bloom, was the only democracy in the middle east. it was t light unto the nations. it was home to the microutopia of the -- [inaudible] in the past three years -- excuse me, in the past three decades, however, the uplifting image of israel has withered and so has american jewish support for israel. it is not so much that
after its lightning ctory, washington upgraded israel's status to a strategic american asset. jewish support for israel no ngerthreatened to -- [inaudible] dual loyalty. on the contrary, it now connoted super loyalty as american jews defended on the front lines american interests against the communist third world arab hordes. the jewish state's martial prowess became a source of pride for jews for whom at that time the primary associatn of the nazi holocaust -- to the extent that it...
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>> i admire the anthony shgadid book, i read it after he died, he was a longtime reporter for the washington post and the new york times and died of apparently related to an asthma attack while covering the war in syria. his book is a memoir, he grew up in oklahoma of all places, an american lebanese family, ended up fascinated by the middle east, became a reporter, his life mission was to try to explain this region to america which is no easy thing to do. he covered more than his share of wars and in the course of that, his first marriage fell apart because he was always overseas covering the war. the ends up buying his family's old ramshackle house somewhere in lebanon and takes a year off to restore the house. sounds like a movie almost which he does with great difficulty. his memoir blends in both lebanese history and its glorious past which was sadly destroyed through civil war as well as starting. shortly before the book came out he died. she must have been 40 or so, 45. >> sarah weinman. >> i feel like in looking at this list i feel unmitigated surge to talk about how i enjoy it the c
>> i admire the anthony shgadid book, i read it after he died, he was a longtime reporter for the washington post and the new york times and died of apparently related to an asthma attack while covering the war in syria. his book is a memoir, he grew up in oklahoma of all places, an american lebanese family, ended up fascinated by the middle east, became a reporter, his life mission was to try to explain this region to america which is no easy thing to do. he covered more than his share...
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shriver opposed the reordering of priorities generating the observation in washington and elsewhere, quote, like the poor, we have shriver always with us, end of quote. nevertheless, between 1964 to 1968, one-third of america's poor moved up word out of poverty. by the spring of 1968, tension over the budget priorities lead shriver to give up on what had become an impossible task and to take the ambassadorship to france. when the democrats met that summer in a stormy chicago, shriver's name and came up for the vice presidency. in fact, he had an acceptance speech written and reservations on the flight from paris to chicago. but once again the kennedy family still grieving from the recent death of robert raised an objective in favor of ted. so shriver remained in paris until 1970. his success and repairing the alliance with france weekend by a disagreement about the vietnam war had prompted president nixon to retain him in office. not long afterwards came the 1972 election when the democratic nominee george mcgovern was forced to drop his running mate, and eventually through a process
shriver opposed the reordering of priorities generating the observation in washington and elsewhere, quote, like the poor, we have shriver always with us, end of quote. nevertheless, between 1964 to 1968, one-third of america's poor moved up word out of poverty. by the spring of 1968, tension over the budget priorities lead shriver to give up on what had become an impossible task and to take the ambassadorship to france. when the democrats met that summer in a stormy chicago, shriver's name and...
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that is of dermatology and then 35th, washington d.c. registration information to be found on our website. we hope he will not miss it. so now we move to the second debate. this is the debate on cyber war. stuart becker will be beginning. stewart is. [indiscernible] , the author of why we are stopping tomorrows terrorism. a book on security challenges, both technology, use, dated a funding terrorism. 2005 and 2009, the first assistant secretary for policy at the department of homeland security server security, national security, electronic surveillance, law enforcement, and encryption, and the latest technology issues. and for 92-94 general counsel on the national security agency. reforming commercial encryption and computer security foreign-policy and he always is a beacon of light on so many issues. [laughter] our other well-known participant and other framework is we knew him as charlie. he assisted the judge advocate general more than 3,200 judge advocate's, 250 civilian lawyers and 500 civilians around the world. an array of militar
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military for "the wall street journal" and another eight for "the washington post". in the course of this work, he reported on places as varied as somalia, bosnia, iraq and afghanistan, and he's been part of two teams that won the pulitzer prize. as i've gotten to know tom over these past few years, eve learned that he's that rarest of finds: a disruptive thinker whose energy and creativity combine in an interesting way. he constantly pushing us to think more nimbly and more provocatively, and that's a spirit that infuses tom's new book, "the generals." he explores generalship of good and bad. he traces the history of george marshall from world war ii, william westmoreland in vietnam to colin powell in the gulf war and to the generals who commanded in iraq from 2003 on. the generals argue that is the military's changed in the way it rewards good generalship and punishes bad and that the gulf has grown ever wider. tom's is a provocative argument and one that we will examine in some detail. joining tom is susan glaser, one of the nation's top national security journali
military for "the wall street journal" and another eight for "the washington post". in the course of this work, he reported on places as varied as somalia, bosnia, iraq and afghanistan, and he's been part of two teams that won the pulitzer prize. as i've gotten to know tom over these past few years, eve learned that he's that rarest of finds: a disruptive thinker whose energy and creativity combine in an interesting way. he constantly pushing us to think more nimbly and more...
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. >> the commander in chief is in charge but he is thousands of miles away in washington, dc. >> but it could work when the army commander and the naval commander of a particular operation cooperated with each other, and that became true with the commander of the western flotilla... ... in 1862 they were at odds worrying about grant getting too much credit. give a sense of the state of the navy in terms of ships and men as 1861 to 1862. things were changing dramatically in terms of enlistment. >> one of the things about the civil war and it's particularly true of the navy is it six kind of on a technological point in american history things had been changing for some time. the power comes in and the railroads already expanding across the continent but the application of the large-scale warfare in the civil war is one of the first cases where we see that. now the land war probably arguably at least is the most immediate impact was the shoulder muskett which dramatically extended their range the soldiers could fight and at sea there are a number of similarly important technological cha
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interlocutors i engaged during this period of research was mike hertzog who had spent some time at the washington institute, and he served as chief of staff to ehud barak, and i put this question to him of how the israelis look out at the world and the lack of the, the weaknesses of the diplomatic side of their civil institutions. and he looked at me very straightforwardly and said we don't have american culture here. you should start with that. we are still in the process of developing civilian bodies, but for now the whole culture of decision making revolves around the military. it's as simple as that. in israel today the foreign ministry stands as the only bastion of israeli diplomacy. it is the house that sherrod built. yet the person who occupy os the sherrod chair of statesmanship and diplomacy is avision door lieberman who is not that interested in diplomacy, especially with the arabs, and if he had a policy, it is more than likely to abdicate the expulsion of arabs than engaging them. so to a great extent in the legacy of ben-gurion's organizational decade has made in israel the army as t
interlocutors i engaged during this period of research was mike hertzog who had spent some time at the washington institute, and he served as chief of staff to ehud barak, and i put this question to him of how the israelis look out at the world and the lack of the, the weaknesses of the diplomatic side of their civil institutions. and he looked at me very straightforwardly and said we don't have american culture here. you should start with that. we are still in the process of developing...